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General information Core i7-940 Core i3-3210
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 2.9 GHz 9.4 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 55 W 57.7 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-940 Core i3-3210
Overall Score 37153 0 % 34616 6.8 %
Future Proof 10 % 70.6 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 1436 24.6 %
Single Thread Score 1300.8 24.1 % 1712.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 4350.1 MB/s 0 % 3268.6 MB/s 24.9 %
Compressing Data 64 MB/s 0 % 44 MB/s 31.2 %
String objects sorting 8766.4 thousand/s 0 % 6196.2 thousand/s 29.3 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 13.1 millions/s 40.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16349.5 millions/s 0 % 9527.3 millions/s 41.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6936.6 millions/s 0 % 5005.9 millions/s 27.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core i3-3210.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 57.6 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 92.1 FPS
Medium settings 130.1 FPS 115.1 FPS
Low settings 162.6 FPS 143.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %

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 i7-940 Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.8 FPS 111.3 FPS
High settings 185.4 FPS 178.1 FPS
Medium settings 231.7 FPS 222.7 FPS
Low settings 289.6 FPS 278.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %
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