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General information Core i3-3240 Pentium E6600
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 8.8 %
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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3240 Pentium E6600
Overall Score 34981 0 % 29177 16.6 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 21 % 25 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 725 51.6 %
Single Thread Score 1786 0 % 1196.8 33 %
Encrypting Data 3408.9 MB/s 0 % 1648.4 MB/s 51.6 %
Compressing Data 46.1 MB/s 0 % 23.2 MB/s 49.6 %
String objects sorting 6395.9 thousand/s 0 % 3224.1 thousand/s 49.6 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 61 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10329.9 millions/s 0 % 5253.3 millions/s 49.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5225.2 millions/s 0 % 3012 millions/s 42.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Pentium E6600.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Pentium E6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.7 FPS 41.6 FPS
High settings 93.9 FPS 66.6 FPS
Medium settings 117.3 FPS 83.3 FPS
Low settings 146.7 FPS 104.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29 %

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 E6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 102.0 FPS
High settings 179.6 FPS 163.2 FPS
Medium settings 224.5 FPS 204.1 FPS
Low settings 280.6 FPS 255.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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