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General information Core i3-2120 Pentium G3240
Launched Q1 2011 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 53 W 18.5 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
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 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-2120 Pentium G3240
Overall Score 33526 0 % 33457 0.2 %
Future Proof 23 % 45.2 % 42 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 1253 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 1497.9 15 % 1762.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2864.6 MB/s 0 % 2864 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 40.9 MB/s 0 % 31.7 MB/s 22.5 %
String objects sorting 6092.9 thousand/s 0 % 4507.3 thousand/s 26 %
Prime numbers generation 11.9 millions/s 14.5 % 13.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9415.7 millions/s 0 % 6718.4 millions/s 28.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3638.9 millions/s 31.2 % 5288.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Pentium G3240.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Pentium G3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 54.2 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 86.7 FPS
Medium settings 108.7 FPS 108.3 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 135.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 i3-2120 Pentium G3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 109.5 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 175.3 FPS
Medium settings 219.4 FPS 219.1 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 273.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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