Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Pentium G2030

Core i3-3240 vs Pentium G2030 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3240 beats the Pentium G2030 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G2030 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-3240 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G2030. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.