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General information Core i3-7100 Core i3-3240
Launched Q1 2017 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 12.8 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 7.3 % 55 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 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 Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-7100 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 40916 0 % 34981 14.5 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 28 % 50.9 %
Benchmark Score 2803 0 % 1497 46.6 %
Single Thread Score 2286.9 0 % 1771.7 22.5 %
Encrypting Data 1438.2 MB/s 58 % 3426.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 58.1 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 21 %
String objects sorting 7652.9 thousand/s 0 % 6441.1 thousand/s 15.8 %
Prime numbers generation 13.9 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 5.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13301.3 millions/s 0 % 10329.9 millions/s 22.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8171.7 millions/s 0 % 5288.6 millions/s 35.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-7100, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i3-7100 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.2 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 121.9 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 152.4 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 190.5 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.1 %

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 i3-7100 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.7 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 196.3 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 245.3 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 306.7 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.5 %
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