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General information Core i3-540 Pentium 4
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Clock 3.1 GHz 13.9 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 1 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 36.5 % 115 W 0 %
Performance Core i3-540 Pentium 4
Overall Score 31563 0 % 21243 32.7 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 204 79.4 %
Single Thread Score 1277.4 0 % 449.2 64.8 %
Encrypting Data 2250 MB/s 0 % 460.8 MB/s 79.5 %
Compressing Data 32.8 MB/s 0 % 9 MB/s 72.5 %
String objects sorting 4525.9 thousand/s 0 % 1232.6 thousand/s 72.8 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 3.2 millions/s 67.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8038.7 millions/s 0 % 823.1 millions/s 89.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3475.5 millions/s 0 % 918.1 millions/s 73.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Pentium 4.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Pentium 4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 27.5 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 44.0 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 55.0 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 68.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %

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 i3-540 Pentium 4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.3 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 170.0 FPS 140.9 FPS
Medium settings 212.5 FPS 176.2 FPS
Low settings 265.6 FPS 220.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %
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