Intel Core i3-3240T vs Intel Core i5-650

Core i3-3240T vs Core i5-650 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3240T beats the Core i5-650 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3240T. A Core i3-3240T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its 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 i3-3240T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.