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AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i3-3240

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Rank 2 - 68 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Rank 2 - 21 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,117

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

586

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,478

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,240

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

852

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

672

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,816

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,483

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

390

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

286

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.00 GHz

3,883

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

835

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

151 cb

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

119 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

1,403 cb

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

306 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture	Summit Ridge (Zen)	Ivy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	2x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency		0.65 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		22 nm
Release date		Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 20	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	Intel Core i3-3240
TDP	65 W	55 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 1700	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	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q1/2017	Q3/2012
Release price	300 $	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is 4.2 stars (30 ratings), while Intel Core i3-3240 has received 3.9 stars (25 ratings).

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★