Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i3-3240

Core i3-12100F vs Core i3-3240 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100F beats the Core i3-3240 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3240 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-12100F has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3240 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3240. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-12100F. The Core i3-3240 outputs less heat than Core i3-12100F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.