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General information Core i7-940 Core i3-3250
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 17.1 % 3.5 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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-940 Core i3-3250
Overall Score 37153 0 % 35436 4.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 70.6 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 1577 17.2 %
Single Thread Score 1319.2 28.8 % 1852.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 4341.5 MB/s 0 % 3618.4 MB/s 16.7 %
Compressing Data 63.7 MB/s 0 % 47.7 MB/s 25.2 %
String objects sorting 8890.2 thousand/s 0 % 6795.3 thousand/s 23.6 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 35.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16089.5 millions/s 0 % 10702.6 millions/s 33.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6936.6 millions/s 0 % 5388.6 millions/s 22.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core i3-3250.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.1 FPS 60.0 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 95.9 FPS
Medium settings 130.2 FPS 119.9 FPS
Low settings 162.7 FPS 149.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %

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 i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 282.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %
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