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General information Core i3-3240 Core i3-2120T
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 23.5 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 0 % 35 W 36.4 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i3-3240 Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 34982 0 % 31486 10 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 26 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 983 34.3 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 0 % 1160.2 35.2 %
Encrypting Data 3432.9 MB/s 0 % 2259.8 MB/s 34.2 %
Compressing Data 46.3 MB/s 0 % 31.4 MB/s 32.1 %
String objects sorting 6421.7 thousand/s 0 % 4798.8 thousand/s 25.3 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 23.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10371.1 millions/s 0 % 7221.2 millions/s 30.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5288.6 millions/s 0 % 2866.6 millions/s 45.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.7 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 93.9 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 117.3 FPS 96.6 FPS
Low settings 146.7 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.6 %

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 i3-3240 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 179.6 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 224.5 FPS 212.2 FPS
Low settings 280.6 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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