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General information Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E6700
Launched Q1 2010 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Conroe
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 12.9 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E6700
Overall Score 31563 0 % 28285 10.4 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 640 35.5 %
Single Thread Score 1281.2 0 % 1031.2 19.5 %
Encrypting Data 2250.3 MB/s 0 % 1449.9 MB/s 35.6 %
Compressing Data 33.1 MB/s 0 % 21.7 MB/s 34.5 %
String objects sorting 4580.7 thousand/s 0 % 3026 thousand/s 33.9 %
Prime numbers generation 9.9 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 39.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8038.7 millions/s 0 % 4005 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3521 millions/s 0 % 2149.5 millions/s 39 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Core2 Duo E6700.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Core2 Duo E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 39.4 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 63.0 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 78.8 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 98.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %

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 E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.2 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 169.9 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 212.4 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 265.5 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %
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