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General information Core i3-3240 Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
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 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3240 Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 34981 0 % 30678 12.3 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 886 40.8 %
Single Thread Score 1771.7 0 % 1392 21.4 %
Encrypting Data 3446.6 MB/s 0 % 2006.4 MB/s 41.8 %
Compressing Data 45.9 MB/s 0 % 28.2 MB/s 38.6 %
String objects sorting 6428.2 thousand/s 0 % 3825.6 thousand/s 40.5 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 15.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10340.2 millions/s 0 % 5950.1 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5278 millions/s 0 % 3461.6 millions/s 34.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.7 %

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 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 104.6 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 167.4 FPS
Medium settings 224.3 FPS 209.3 FPS
Low settings 280.4 FPS 261.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %
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