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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: 17.76
Overall Rank:
3036th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
1986th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
883rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $132.00 USD (2025-06-15)
Integer Math | 10,318 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 5,274 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 14 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6,438 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 419.0 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 47,286 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 259 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 2,025 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,781 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,662 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,302 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,483 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,166 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,649 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 2,345 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.44 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.50 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.19 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 128.37 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 17.76 | |
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 | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,139 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 1,781 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2692187 - Jun 12 2025 | 2559 | |
BL2689537 - Jun 11 2025 | 2540 | |
BL2687211 - Jun 10 2025 | 2470 | |
BL2682040 - Jun 08 2025 | 1942 | |
BL2680348 - Jun 07 2025 | 2545 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 2,345 | |
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,443 (+4.2%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,839 (+21.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-2125 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,090 (-10.8%) | |
AMD A6-3650 APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,090 (-10.9%) | |
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 1,968 (-16.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-3220T @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 1,947 (-17.0%) | |
AMD A8-5600K APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,869 (+22.4%) | |
AMD A10-5700 APU vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,742 (+17.0%) | |
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,623 (+11.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,506 (+6.9%) | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,350 (+0.2%) | |
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-3240 | 2,275 (-3.0%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,305 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,486 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,806 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,518 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz | 418 |