Intel Celeron G1840T vs Intel Core i3-3240. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron G1000 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.0
• Execution units
  10 6
• Generation
  7.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2012
• Shader
  80 48
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3240 and Intel Celeron G1840T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron G1840T and Intel Core i3-3240 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron G1840T and Intel Core i3-3240, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 1155
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d