Intel Core i5-4300U vs Intel Core i3-3240T

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

972 points
1082 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1897 points
2083 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

726 points
816 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

696 points
784 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1465 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1159 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

782 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
494 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1469 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
981 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

789 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
461 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
2.9 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

959th of 1,089
928th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4300U vs Core i3-3240T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3240T performs better than the Core i5-4300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4300U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3240T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300U. A Core i5-4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-3240T CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-4300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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