Intel Pentium G3240 vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Pentium G3240 vs Core i7 Q 740 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7 Q 740 performs better than the Pentium G3240. Despite this, the Pentium G3240 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 740 has significantly more cores than the Pentium G3240. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 740 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium G3240. It also has more threads than the Pentium G3240. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 740.

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. For instance, the Pentium G3240 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.