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General information Core i7-870 Core i3-540
Launched Q3 2009 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Lynnfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.9 GHz 6.5 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-870 Core i3-540
Overall Score 37690 0 % 31563 16.3 %
Future Proof 14 % 17.6 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2018 0 % 993 50.8 %
Single Thread Score 1371.2 0 % 1276.1 6.9 %
Encrypting Data 4616.9 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 50.5 %
Compressing Data 66.3 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 49.9 %
String objects sorting 9219 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 50.2 %
Prime numbers generation 20.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 52.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17151 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 53.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7289.4 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 52.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-870, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-870 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.7 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 106.7 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 133.3 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 166.6 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.2 %

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 i7-870 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.0 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 187.2 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 234.0 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 292.5 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.2 %
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