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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i3-3240 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 55 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel Core i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 53.10
Overall Rank:
2898th fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
1865th fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
846th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $44.02 USD (2025-02-15)
Integer Math | 10,328 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 5,285 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 14 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6,452 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 416.3 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 47,288 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 258 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 2,023 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,785 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,844 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,387 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,064 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,560 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,113 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,876 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,209 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,724 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,621 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 2,338 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 219.60 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 200.79 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 147.18 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 145.73 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 117.14 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.50 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 53.10 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.09 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,615 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,150 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,023 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 1,785 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2414642 - Feb 14 2025 | 2497 | |
BL2413904 - Feb 14 2025 | 2432 | |
BL2411585 - Feb 13 2025 | 2522 | |
BL2410116 - Feb 12 2025 | 2526 | |
BL2409084 - Feb 12 2025 | 2422 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 2,338 | |
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,268 (-3.0%) | |
AMD A8-3820 APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,180 (-6.8%) | |
AMD A6-3670 APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,174 (-7.0%) | |
AMD A8-3800 APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,049 (-12.4%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,253 (-3.6%) | |
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,703 (+15.6%) | |
AMD A8-5500B APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,613 (+11.8%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,406 (+2.9%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,375 (+1.6%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 970 vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,750 (+17.6%) | |
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 1,857 (-20.6%) | |
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,984 (+27.6%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,869 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,602 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,600 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,304 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,540 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,527 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,343 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,168 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,015 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 418 |