Intel Core i3-3240

The Intel Core i3-3240 operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 55 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: LGA 1155.

This version includes

3.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1600 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Ivy Bridge S Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 22 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q3/2012.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i3-3240

Family:

Intel Core i3

CPU group:

Intel Core i 3000

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.40 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR3-1600

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR3-1600

GPU name:

Intel HD Graphics 2500

GPU frequency:

0.65 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.05 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

11.0

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

22 nm

Release date:

Q2/2012

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Ivy Bridge S

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

3.00 MB

Release date:

Q3/2012

Socket:

LGA 1155

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

55 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

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Intel Core i3-3240 119 (43%)

Intel Celeron G4900T 119 (43%)

AMD Epyc 7301 119 (43%)

AMD Epyc 7281 119 (43%)

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 i7-5500U 307 (3%)

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Intel Core i3-3240 306 (3%)

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 603 (32%)

Intel Core i3-3240 602 (32%)

HiSilicon Kirin 810 602 (32%)

Samsung Exynos 9810 601 (32%)

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 601 (32%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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Intel Core i3-3220 1343 (4%)

Intel Core i3-3240 1342 (4%)

AMD Athlon II X4 750K 1341 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 940 1339 (4%)

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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 Core i3-3240 101 (1%)

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Intel Pentium 987 96 (1%)

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 Xeon E5-2690 v2 2650 (38%)

Intel Core i3-3240 2648 (38%)

Intel Core i3-3245 2648 (38%)

Intel Core i5-4350U 2615 (38%)

Intel Pentium G3250 2614 (38%)

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 A10-5800K 5582 (6%)

Intel Core i3-3240 5576 (6%)

Intel Core i3-3245 5576 (6%)

Intel Celeron G4920 5571 (6%)

AMD FX-4200 5557 (6%)

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 i3-3245 1.42 (54%)

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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 i3-3245 3.41 (6%)

Intel Core i3-3240 3.41 (6%)

Intel Pentium G4520 3.39 (6%)

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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 N3530 10.8 (18%)

Intel Core i3-3240 10.8 (17%)

Intel Core i3-3245 10.8 (17%)

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