AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i3-2310M

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i3-2310M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X beats the Core i3-2310M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2310M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i3-2310M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2310M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2310M. The Core i3-2310M outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a 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 Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.