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General information Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E7400
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Wolfdale
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E7400
Overall Score 31563 0 % 28518 9.6 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 661 33.4 %
Single Thread Score 1281.2 0 % 1120.8 12.5 %
Encrypting Data 2285.9 MB/s 0 % 1517.4 MB/s 33.6 %
Compressing Data 33 MB/s 0 % 21.5 MB/s 34.9 %
String objects sorting 4571.6 thousand/s 0 % 3035 thousand/s 33.6 %
Prime numbers generation 9.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 49.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8022.6 millions/s 0 % 4419 millions/s 44.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3493 millions/s 0 % 2867.1 millions/s 17.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Core2 Duo E7400.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E7400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 39.9 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 63.9 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 79.9 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 99.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.8 %

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 E7400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.1 FPS 100.7 FPS
High settings 169.8 FPS 161.2 FPS
Medium settings 212.2 FPS 201.5 FPS
Low settings 265.3 FPS 251.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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