Intel Core i3-2350M vs AMD Athlon II X2 240

Core i3-2350M vs Athlon II X2 240 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2350M performs better than the Athlon II X2 240. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 240 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-2350M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X2 240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2350M.

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 i3-2350M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.