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Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Atom x7-E3950

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 2 - 44 %

Intel Atom x7-E3950

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 2 - 77 %

Intel Atom x7-E3950

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

586

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

246

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,240

4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz

784

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

672

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

307

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,483

4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz

1,154

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Intel HD Graphics 505

187

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

119 cb

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

40 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

306 cb

4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz

124 cb

More benchmarks

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

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	Intel Atom x7-E3950
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Atom (108)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Cherry Trail
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	BGA 1296
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		2.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 505
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.50 - 0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	18 / 144
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	8 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR3-1866 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 6
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
TDP	55 W	12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		110 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Atom x7-E3950
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q3/2012	Q4/2016
Release price	117 $	57 $
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 Core i3-3240 is 3.8 stars (23 ratings), while Intel Atom x7-E3950 has received 1.8 stars (6 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 1.60 - 2.00 GHz

★★★★★