Intel Core i3-2100 vs Intel Core i3-3240

Core i3-2100 vs Core i3-3240 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3240 beats the Core i3-2100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-2100. The Core i3-3240 outputs less heat than Core i3-2100 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 i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.