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    AMD Sempron 130 vs Intel Core i3-3240

    AMD Sempron 130
    AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
    2600 MHz / Cores: 1 / Aug 2011
    AMD Sempron 130
    Intel Core i3-3240
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i3-3240

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Sempron 130

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240

    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Sempron 130.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Intel Core i3-3240

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3240

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-3240

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3240

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    NX bit
    AMD Virtualization
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT

    Architecture

    AMD Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    ArchitectureAMD K10vsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameSargasvsIvy Bridge
    Release DateAug 2011vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    Cores1vs2
    Threads1vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    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 Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    SocketAMD Socket AM3vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size117mm²vs94mm²
    Process45 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Sempron 130Intel Core i3-3240
    Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
    TDP45 Wvs55 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Sempron 130
      1638 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      3502 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Sempron 130
      1638 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      8404 points

    Points - higher is better

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