Core i3-3240 vs Core i7-6498DU specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6498DU 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 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 i7-6498DU.
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.
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