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Intel Core i3-540 logo Intel Pentium D 940 logo
General information Core i3-540 Pentium D 940
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 PLGA775
Clock 3.1 GHz 3.1 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 43.8 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Core i3-540 Pentium D 940
Overall Score 31563 0 % 24308 23 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 349 64.8 %
Single Thread Score 1264.7 0 % 600.2 52.5 %
Encrypting Data 2288.6 MB/s 0 % 795.5 MB/s 65.2 %
Compressing Data 32.9 MB/s 0 % 11.1 MB/s 66.3 %
String objects sorting 4548.7 thousand/s 0 % 1436 thousand/s 68.4 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 69.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8071 millions/s 0 % 3114.8 millions/s 61.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3482.5 millions/s 0 % 1438.7 millions/s 58.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Pentium D 940.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Pentium D 940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 31.9 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 51.0 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 63.7 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 79.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.4 %

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 D 940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.2 FPS 93.4 FPS
High settings 169.9 FPS 149.5 FPS
Medium settings 212.4 FPS 186.9 FPS
Low settings 265.5 FPS 233.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %
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