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    AMD Athlon X4 940 vs Intel Core i3-3240T

    AMD Athlon X4 940
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
    AMD Athlon X4 940
    Intel Core i3-3240T
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i3-3240T

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      123%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      140%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      106%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 940

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240T

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 40% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    6% higher multi threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 940.
    Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-3240T

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3240T

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    FMA3
    FMA4
    F16C
    TBM
    XOP
    AMD-V
    EVP
    Turbo Core
    SSSE3
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateJul 2017vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size246mm²vs94mm²
    Process28 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 940Intel Core i3-3240T
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3000 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      2484 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      3090 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      7683 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      7416 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
      76.29
    • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
      106.92

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
      268.63
    • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
      285.86

    points - higher is better

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