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General information Core i5-2400S Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Clarkdale
Clock 2.5 GHz 19.4 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-2400S Core i3-540
Overall Score 37819 0 % 31563 16.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 17 % 26.1 %
Benchmark Score 2046 0 % 992 51.5 %
Single Thread Score 1461.2 0 % 1258.3 13.9 %
Encrypting Data 4707 MB/s 0 % 2274.5 MB/s 51.7 %
Compressing Data 50.8 MB/s 0 % 32.8 MB/s 35.5 %
String objects sorting 6783.4 thousand/s 0 % 4603.5 thousand/s 32.1 %
Prime numbers generation 20.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 52.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11010.4 millions/s 0 % 8135.6 millions/s 26.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5606.1 millions/s 0 % 3521 millions/s 37.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2400S, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i5-2400S Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 67.0 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 107.3 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 134.1 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 167.6 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-2400S Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.1 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 187.4 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 234.2 FPS 212.2 FPS
Low settings 292.8 FPS 265.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %
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