Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Core i3-3240 vs Core i5-4210H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210H beats the Core i3-3240 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-3240 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210H. The Core i5-4210H outputs less heat than Core i3-3240 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 i3-3240 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.