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Key Differences
In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-3240 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-3240 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 637 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-3240.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-3240
- Up to 17% cheaper than Pentium G3258 - $41.0 vs $49.37
- Up to 14% better value when playing Rocket League than Pentium G3258 - $0.06 vs $0.07 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 0% better in Rocket League than Core i3-3240 - 680 vs 677 FPS
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than Intel Core i3-3240 - 53 vs 55 Watts
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Intel Core i3-3240 3.4GHz 3.40GHz 3M SR0RH Socket 1155 Ivy Bridge CPU Processor
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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Core i3-3240
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-3240 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Pentium |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 55 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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