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General information Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6800
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 14.7 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 26.7 % 75 W 0 %
Performance Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6800
Overall Score 34985 0 % 34316 1.9 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 1498 0 % 1387 7.4 %
Single Thread Score 1778.9 0 % 1126.3 36.7 %
Encrypting Data 3386 MB/s 0 % 3140.9 MB/s 7.2 %
Compressing Data 46.4 MB/s 0 % 46.1 MB/s 0.5 %
String objects sorting 6439.6 thousand/s 0 % 6277.8 thousand/s 2.5 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 12.1 millions/s 6.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10363.8 millions/s 0 % 9492 millions/s 8.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5294.8 millions/s 0 % 4571.3 millions/s 13.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Core2 Extreme Q6800.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 56.7 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 90.7 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 113.3 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 141.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.3 %

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 Core2 Extreme Q6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 110.9 FPS
High settings 179.4 FPS 177.5 FPS
Medium settings 224.2 FPS 221.9 FPS
Low settings 280.3 FPS 277.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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