Intel Core i3-550 vs Intel Pentium G3240

Core i3-550 vs Pentium G3240 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3240 performs better than the Core i3-550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-550 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G3240. The Pentium G3240 outputs less heat than Core i3-550 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-550 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.