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Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 22 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 12 %

Intel Core i3-3240

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

586

8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz

2,729

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,240

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

10,025

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Intel Arc 140V

6,400

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core Ultra 200V (9)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Lunar Lake
Technology	22 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	BGA 2833
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.40 GHz	4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Skymont 0 - 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache		14.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel Arc 140V
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.60 - 2.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	64 / 1024
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 48 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU		120 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
TDP	55 W	17 W
TDP (PL2)		37 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		110 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3240	Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2012	Q3/2024
Release price	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 Core i3-3240 is 3.9 stars (25 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 268V has received 4.4 stars (71 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★