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Intel Core i3-3245 vs Intel Core i7-2600

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 - 88 %

Intel Core i3-3245

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-2600

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 51 %

Intel Core i3-3245

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-2600

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

586

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

659

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,265

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,169

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

672

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

772

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,483

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,874

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

269

Intel HD Graphics 2000

130

More benchmarks

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

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 i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache		1.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.85 - 1.35 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
TDP	55 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3245	Intel Core i7-2600
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2013	Q1/2011
Release price	144 $	270 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3245 is 4.5 stars (2 ratings), while Intel Core i7-2600 has received 4.3 stars (50 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3245
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★