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Intel Core i3-3240 vs Apple A10 Fusion

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A10 Fusion

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 2 - 97 %

Apple A10 Fusion

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

586

4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz

853

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,240

4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz

1,207

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

672

4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz

776

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,483

4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz

1,422

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Apple A10

346

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 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	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Apple A10/A10X (2)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	A10
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1155
Predecessor		Apple A9
Successor		Apple A11 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.40 GHz	2x Hurricane 2.34 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		2x Zephyr 1.09 GHz
L2-Cache		3.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Apple A10
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	4 GB
Technology	22 nm	16 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	3 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
TDP	55 W	5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Apple A10 Fusion
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	iOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2012	Q3/2016
Release price	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3240 is 3.8 stars (23 ratings), while Apple A10 Fusion has received 3.6 stars (71 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A10 Fusion
4C / 4T · 2.34 GHz

★★★★★