Intel Core i3-3240T vs Intel Celeron G1820

Intel Core i3-3240T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3240T
Intel Celeron G1820
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Dec 2013
Intel Celeron G1820

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    112%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    104%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    130%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240T

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G1820

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

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i3-3240T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3240T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2012vsDec 2013

Cores

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp65°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size94mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-3240TIntel Celeron G1820
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    3090 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3024 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    7416 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    6048 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    4517
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3832

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    2044
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    2194

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    106.92
  • Intel Celeron G1820 (simulated)
    109.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    285.86
  • Intel Celeron G1820 (simulated)
    199.61

points - higher is better