Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Core i3-3240 vs Core i5-4310M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3240 is faster than the Core i5-4310M. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310M. The Core i5-4310M outputs less heat than Core i3-3240 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-3240 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.