Intel Core i3-3240T Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-3240T 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 i3-3240T. 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 i3-3240T. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-3240T |
| 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 i3-3240T 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: | 2.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i3-3240T 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 / PBP): | 35 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 i3-3240T 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 i3-3240T 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 Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840T
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
8C 8T @ 2.20 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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AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3317U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio X20
10C 10T @ 1.40 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 i3-3240T
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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UNISOC Tiger T616
ARM Mali-G57 MP1 @ 0.75 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy 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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AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4110M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A10-6700T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 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 Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-760
4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3437U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1630
2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 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 Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3440T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-4170
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD FX-4350
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 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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AMD Athlon II X4 760K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD A10-6700T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 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 Celeron G1830
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4150T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 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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AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Atom C2730
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5157U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 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 Core i5-4200Y
Intel HD Graphics 4200 @ 0.85 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250T
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 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 N3530
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3520
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,659 entries
1,659 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,646 entries
1,646 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,872 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
1,422 entries
1,422 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,101 entries
1,101 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,096 entries
1,096 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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