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General information Core i7-930 Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2010 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 2.8 GHz 9.7 % 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 i7-930 Core i3-540
Overall Score 37200 0 % 31563 15.2 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1915 0 % 992 48.2 %
Single Thread Score 1267.9 0 % 1264.7 0.3 %
Encrypting Data 4376.7 MB/s 0 % 2288.6 MB/s 47.7 %
Compressing Data 64.4 MB/s 0 % 32.9 MB/s 48.9 %
String objects sorting 8671.3 thousand/s 0 % 4548.7 thousand/s 47.5 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 54.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15637.8 millions/s 0 % 8071 millions/s 48.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6789.8 millions/s 0 % 3482.5 millions/s 48.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-930, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-930 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 103.9 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 129.9 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 162.4 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.3 %

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 i7-930 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 185.5 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 231.9 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 289.9 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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