AMD Opteron X3216 vs Intel Core i3-3240. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Opteron Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  AMD Opteron X3000 Intel Core i 3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  -- 3

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.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 3.40 GHz

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 - 256 (Toronto) Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  4 6
• Shader
  256 48
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  -- 7
• Technology
  -- 22 nm
• Release date
  -- Q2/2012

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3240 and AMD Opteron X3216. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1600 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  --
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Opteron X3216 and Intel Core i3-3240 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 55 W
• TDP down
  12 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Opteron X3216 and AMD Opteron X3216, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Toronto (Excavator) Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, AMD-Vt VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  FP4 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2012
• Part Number
  OX3216AAY23KA --