Intel Core i3-3240 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  3 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 AMD Ryzen 2000
• Successor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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
  3.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• 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
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  11.0
• 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)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and Intel Core i3-3240. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3240 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3240 and Intel Core i3-3240, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Technology
  22 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM4
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2018