Intel Core i5-4300U vs Intel Pentium G3240

Core i5-4300U vs Pentium G3240 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4300U beats the Pentium G3240 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium G3240 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-4300U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300U. A Core i5-4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3240 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 i5-4300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.