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Intel logo Core i7-940
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Intel Core i7-940 logo Intel Core i3-560 logo
General information Core i7-940 Core i3-560
Launched Q4 2008 Q3 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.9 GHz 12.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 73 W 43.8 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-940 Core i3-560
Overall Score 37153 0 % 32196 13.3 %
Future Proof 10 % 50 % 20 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 1075 43.6 %
Single Thread Score 1319.2 2.5 % 1353.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 4394.3 MB/s 0 % 2443.9 MB/s 44.4 %
Compressing Data 63 MB/s 0 % 35.1 MB/s 44.2 %
String objects sorting 8828.3 thousand/s 0 % 4910.7 thousand/s 44.4 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 59.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16252 millions/s 0 % 7795.4 millions/s 52 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6950.5 millions/s 0 % 3834.7 millions/s 44.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core i3-560.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core i3-560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 50.5 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 80.7 FPS
Medium settings 130.1 FPS 100.9 FPS
Low settings 162.6 FPS 126.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.4 %

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 i7-940 Core i3-560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 107.3 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 171.7 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 214.6 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 268.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %
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