Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Pentium G3260

Core i3-3240 vs Pentium G3260 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3240 performs better than the Pentium G3260. Despite this, the Pentium G3260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3240 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G3260. The Pentium G3260 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.