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Summary Benchmarks Specifications User Reviews Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Pentium G3240 Rank 2 - 99 % Intel Core i3-3240 Multi-core performance Rank 2 - 83 % Intel Pentium G3240 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core i3-3240

Geekbench 6 Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 98 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 577 Intel Core i3-3240 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 586 1,981 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 6 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 81 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 1,004 Intel Core i3-3240 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 1,240 1,919 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 100 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 694 Intel Core i3-3240 97 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 672 2,512 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 88 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 1,302 Intel Core i3-3240 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 1,483 2,483 entriesShow all results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium G3240 100 % Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) 176 Intel Core i3-3240 57 % Intel HD Graphics 2500 101 2,209 entriesShow all results

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 78 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 651 Intel Core i3-3240 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 835 750 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)Single-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 100 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 123 cb Intel Core i3-3240 97 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 119 cb 1,113 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium G3240 77 % 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz 236 cb Intel Core i3-3240 100 % 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz 306 cb 1,109 entriesShow all results

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC) 1,981 entries Geekbench 6 (MC) 1,919 entries Geekbench 5 (SC) 2,512 entries Geekbench 5 (MC) 2,483 entries FP32 SP (iGPU) 2,209 entries PassMark CPU-Mark 2,501 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC) 249 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC) 750 entries Cinebench R15 (SC) 1,113 entries Cinebench R15 (MC) 1,109 entries Geekbench 3 (SC) 942 entries Geekbench 3 (MC) 938 entries Cinebench R11.5 (SC) 825 entries Cinebench R11.5 (MC) 836 entries Cinebench R11.5 iGPU 383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
Family	Intel Pentium (150)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Pentium G3000 (14)	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture	Haswell S	Ivy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	3.10 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.65 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	10 / 80	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q4/2012	Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
TDP	54 W	55 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3240	Intel Core i3-3240
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2014	Q3/2012
Release price	54 $	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium G3240 is 4.3 stars (6 ratings), while Intel Core i3-3240 has received 3.5 stars (18 ratings). Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Pentium G3240 2C / 2T · 3.10 GHz ★★★★★ Intel Core i3-3240 2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz ★★★★★

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