Intel Core i3-3240 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-3240 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q3/2012.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-3240. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-3240. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-3240 |
| Family: | Intel Core i3 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 3000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i3-3240 can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i3-3240 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.65 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.05 GHz |
| Execution units: | 6 |
| Shader: | 48 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 11.0 |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2012 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1): | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i3-3240 as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1155 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Ivy Bridge S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| Release date: | Q3/2012 |
| Release price: | 110 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-3240 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y51
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 810
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 9810
8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3330
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-6100
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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Intel Celeron G1610
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio P70
ARM Mali-G72 MP3 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 997
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210H
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4360T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6360U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7301
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-4130
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD FX-4200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i7-4785T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4150
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-4330T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Pentium G2010
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3520
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3530
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3225
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
460 entries
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
435 entries
435 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
625 entries
625 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
572 entries
572 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,614 entries
1,614 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,601 entries
1,601 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
212 entries
212 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
716 entries
716 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,829 entries
1,829 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
44 entries
44 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
105 entries
105 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
211 entries
211 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,409 entries
1,409 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
188 entries
188 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
211 entries
211 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,094 entries
1,094 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,089 entries
1,089 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
938 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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