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Intel logo Core i3-7300
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General information Core i3-7300 Core i7-940
Launched Q1 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Bloomfield
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 27.5 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 60.8 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i3-7300 Core i7-940
Overall Score 41369 0 % 37153 10.2 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 10 % 82.5 %
Benchmark Score 2929 0 % 1905 35 %
Single Thread Score 2420 0 % 1321.8 45.4 %
Encrypting Data 1502.5 MB/s 65.3 % 4332.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 60.5 MB/s 3.9 % 63 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7796.2 thousand/s 12.2 % 8881.4 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 14.9 millions/s 32.6 % 22.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13852.2 millions/s 15.3 % 16349.5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8706.7 millions/s 0 % 6881.4 millions/s 21 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-7300, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Core i3-7300 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.6 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 124.1 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 155.1 FPS 130.1 FPS
Low settings 193.9 FPS 162.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.1 %

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 i3-7300 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.3 FPS 115.8 FPS
High settings 197.2 FPS 185.3 FPS
Medium settings 246.5 FPS 231.6 FPS
Low settings 308.2 FPS 289.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.1 %
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