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General information Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
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 57.7 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Overall Score 35070 0 % 35021 0.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 1513 0 % 1504 0.6 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 0 % 1233.5 31.1 %
Encrypting Data 3234.1 MB/s 0 % 3196.6 MB/s 1.2 %
Compressing Data 45.9 MB/s 11.8 % 52.1 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6433.2 thousand/s 5.7 % 6824.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 13 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 15.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10232.9 millions/s 3.5 % 10599.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5253.6 millions/s 0 % 5158.8 millions/s 1.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Core2 Extreme Q6850.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 93.6 FPS
Medium settings 117.3 FPS 117.0 FPS
Low settings 146.6 FPS 146.2 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 Core2 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 179.3 FPS 179.1 FPS
Medium settings 224.1 FPS 223.9 FPS
Low settings 280.1 FPS 279.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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