Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Pentium G3240

Core i5-4310U vs Pentium G3240 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4310U 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 i5-4310U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310U. A Core i5-4310U 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.

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 i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.