AMD FX-7500 vs Intel Core i3-3240T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 3
• CPU group
  AMD FX-7000 Intel Core i 3000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 2.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU frequency
  0.55 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  8 6
• Shader
  512 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7
• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q2/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3240T and AMD FX-7500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-7500 and Intel Core i3-3240T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  19 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-7500 and AMD FX-7500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2012