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 lineage |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.65 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.05 GHz |
| Execution units: | 6 |
| Shader: | 48 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 11.0 |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2012 |
 Hardware codec support |
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| 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 & PCIe |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
 Thermal Management |
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| TDP (PL1): | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
 Technical details |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Ivy Bridge S |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Socket: | LGA 1155 |
| Release date: | Q3/2012 |
| Part Number: | -- |
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
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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.
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 @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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 @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD Epyc 7281
16C 32T @ 2.20 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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AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.00 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 @ 3.90 GHz |
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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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6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y51
2C 4T @ 1.10 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 @ 2.10 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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2C 4T @ 2.30 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 @ 3.40 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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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 @ 2.70 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 @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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 @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
10C 20T @ 3.00 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 @ 1.40 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 @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD FX-4130
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 3.80 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 @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.00 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 @ 2.20 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 @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.10 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
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.17 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 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 i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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