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General information Core i3-3240 Pentium G3260
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 0 % 53 W 3.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 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 No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-3240 Pentium G3260
Overall Score 35070 0 % 34169 2.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 40.4 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1513 0 % 1363 9.9 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 4.5 % 1874.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 3234.1 MB/s 0 % 2902.8 MB/s 10.2 %
Compressing Data 45.9 MB/s 0 % 35.3 MB/s 23.2 %
String objects sorting 6433.2 thousand/s 0 % 4892.3 thousand/s 24 %
Prime numbers generation 13 millions/s 12.5 % 14.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10232.9 millions/s 0 % 7319.7 millions/s 28.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5253.6 millions/s 6.3 % 5607.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Pentium G3260.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Pentium G3260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 117.3 FPS 111.9 FPS
Low settings 146.6 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %

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 Pentium G3260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 110.5 FPS
High settings 179.3 FPS 176.8 FPS
Medium settings 224.1 FPS 221.0 FPS
Low settings 280.1 FPS 276.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %
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