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General information Core i7-920 Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.7 GHz 12.9 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 73 W 43.8 %
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 i7-920 Core i3-540
Overall Score 36788 0 % 31563 14.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1832 0 % 992 45.9 %
Single Thread Score 1205.1 6 % 1282.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 4203.4 MB/s 0 % 2282.1 MB/s 45.7 %
Compressing Data 61.5 MB/s 0 % 33.1 MB/s 46.2 %
String objects sorting 8255.6 thousand/s 0 % 4557.9 thousand/s 44.8 %
Prime numbers generation 21.9 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 54 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15050 millions/s 0 % 8038.7 millions/s 46.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6462.9 millions/s 0 % 3531.5 millions/s 45.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-920, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-920 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.9 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 102.3 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 127.9 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 159.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.1 %

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 i7-920 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.4 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 184.7 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 230.8 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 288.5 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 8 %
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