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General information Core i7-860 Core i3-3240
Launched Q3 2009 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Lynnfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 2.8 GHz 17.6 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-860 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 37278 0 % 34991 6.1 %
Future Proof 14 % 50 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1931 0 % 1499 22.4 %
Single Thread Score 1329 25 % 1770.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 4417.9 MB/s 0 % 3443.3 MB/s 22.1 %
Compressing Data 64.1 MB/s 0 % 46 MB/s 28.2 %
String objects sorting 8945.8 thousand/s 0 % 6445.1 thousand/s 28 %
Prime numbers generation 21 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 38.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15898.6 millions/s 0 % 10211.3 millions/s 35.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6812 millions/s 0 % 5243 millions/s 23 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-860, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i7-860 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.4 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 104.7 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 130.8 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 163.6 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %

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 i7-860 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.1 FPS 112.0 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 290.2 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %
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