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General information Core i3-540 Pentium G860
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 FCLGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Clarkdale Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-540 Pentium G860
Overall Score 31640 0 % 31299 1.1 %
Future Proof 17 % 37 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1002 0 % 960 4.2 %
Single Thread Score 1267.2 9.5 % 1399.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 2140.4 MB/s 0 % 2043.6 MB/s 4.5 %
Compressing Data 32.7 MB/s 0 % 28.3 MB/s 13.5 %
String objects sorting 4521.3 thousand/s 0 % 3889.9 thousand/s 14 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 7.4 % 10.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7998.4 millions/s 0 % 5915.7 millions/s 26 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3489.5 millions/s 0 % 3279.5 millions/s 6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Pentium G860.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Pentium G860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 47.5 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 76.1 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 95.1 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 118.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %

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 i3-540 Pentium G860
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.0 FPS 105.4 FPS
High settings 169.6 FPS 168.7 FPS
Medium settings 212.1 FPS 210.9 FPS
Low settings 265.1 FPS 263.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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