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General information Core i3-540 Core2 Duo P8400
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Mobile
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 BGA479
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 25.8 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 25 W 65.8 %
Performance Core i3-540 Core2 Duo P8400
Overall Score 31563 0 % 27211 13.8 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 548 44.8 %
Single Thread Score 1263.4 0 % 912.7 27.8 %
Encrypting Data 2265.8 MB/s 0 % 1258 MB/s 44.5 %
Compressing Data 32.8 MB/s 0 % 18.2 MB/s 44.4 %
String objects sorting 4562.4 thousand/s 0 % 2560.8 thousand/s 43.9 %
Prime numbers generation 9.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7998.4 millions/s 0 % 3633.1 millions/s 54.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3496.5 millions/s 0 % 2080.5 millions/s 40.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Core2 Duo P8400.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Core2 Duo P8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 37.0 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 59.2 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 73.9 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 92.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.8 %

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 i3-540 Core2 Duo P8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.1 FPS 98.5 FPS
High settings 169.8 FPS 157.6 FPS
Medium settings 212.3 FPS 196.9 FPS
Low settings 265.3 FPS 246.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %
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