Intel Core i3-3240T vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Core i3-3240T vs Core i7 Q 740 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7 Q 740 beats the Core i3-3240T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-3240T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7 Q 740 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-3240T has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3240T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3240T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 740.

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 i3-3240T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.