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General information Core i3-3240 Athlon X2 340
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon X2
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Trinity
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 5.9 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 16 kB Data
1 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3240 Athlon X2 340
Overall Score 34981 0 % 30319 13.3 %
Future Proof 28 % 24.3 % 37 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 845 43.6 %
Single Thread Score 1771.7 0 % 1294.7 26.9 %
Encrypting Data 3446.6 MB/s 0 % 1921.9 MB/s 44.2 %
Compressing Data 45.9 MB/s 0 % 21 MB/s 54.3 %
String objects sorting 6428.2 thousand/s 0 % 2749.3 thousand/s 57.2 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 62.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10340.2 millions/s 0 % 8117.3 millions/s 21.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5278 millions/s 0 % 2342.1 millions/s 55.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Athlon X2 340.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Athlon X2 340
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 44.8 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 71.7 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 89.6 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 112.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.5 %

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 Athlon X2 340
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 104.0 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 166.4 FPS
Medium settings 224.3 FPS 208.0 FPS
Low settings 280.4 FPS 260.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %
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