Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Pentium G645

Core i3-3240 vs Pentium G645 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3240 beats the Pentium G645 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G645 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G645. A Core i3-3240 CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G645 CPU because of its 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.