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General information Core i3-3240 A8-3870K
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD A8
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Llano
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 45 % 100 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Radeon HD 6550D
Performance Core i3-3240 A8-3870K
Overall Score 34982 0 % 34929 0.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 27 % 3.6 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 1488 0.6 %
Single Thread Score 1780.6 0 % 1204.6 32.4 %
Encrypting Data 3395.3 MB/s 0.8 % 3422.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 45.7 MB/s 9.7 % 50.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6442.1 thousand/s 0 % 6352.3 thousand/s 1.4 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 22.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10341.2 millions/s 0 % 6897.3 millions/s 33.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5251.6 millions/s 1 % 5304.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 58.4 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 146.1 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 i3-3240 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 224.3 FPS 224.2 FPS
Low settings 280.4 FPS 280.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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