Comparing Intel Core i3-3240 vs Intel Core i3-3240

description_compare Intel Core i3-3240 and Intel Core i5-3570K

• Name
  Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Core i5-3570K
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  3 3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Intel Core i 3000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  6 16
• Shader
  48 128
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7 7
• DirectX Version
  11.0 11.0
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2011

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 77 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2012

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown