Mini Review
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 advantages
Intel Core i3-3240 advantages
Q8200 vs i3-3240 performance comparison
| The charts below show relative performance of Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Core i3-3240 processors in various kinds of tasks. The numbers for 'Single-threaded performance' and 'Multi-threaded performance' charts are calculated as an average of several related benchmarks, that you can view in the "Benchmarks" tab. Consequentally, performance in individual benchmarks may be better or worse than what you see in the charts below. The 'Overall performance' calculates an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each application type. | |
| - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 - Intel Core i3-3240 | |
A complete list of benchmarks, that demonstrate difference in performance between Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Core i3-3240 in various types of tests, can be seen in the Benchmarks section.
Q8200 vs i3-3240 power consumption comparison
Thermal Design Power Lower is better | |
| - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 - Intel Core i3-3240 |
Please see the Specifications section below for detailed side by side comparison of Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Core i3-3240 specs. The CPUIDs section contains even more detailed comparison of internal features of both CPUs.
Pros and Cons summary
| Core 2 Quad Q8200 | Core i3-3240 | |
| General recommendations: | General recommendations: | |
Drawbacks: | Drawbacks: |
Similar processors
Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Intel Core i3-3240, but their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
Specifications
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 | Intel Core i3-3240 | |
| Desktop | ||
| Intel | ||
| Core 2 Quad | Core i3 | |
| Basic details | ||
| Q8200 | i3-3240 | |
| EU80580PJ0534MN EU80580PJ0534M AT80580PJ0534MN AT80580PJ053HN | CM8063701137900 CM8063701247800 | |
| BX80580Q8200 BXC80580Q8200 | BX80637I33240 BXC80637I33240 | |
| CPU features | ||
| 64 | ||
| Socket 775 | Socket 1155 | |
| 2333 | 3400 | |
| 3072 | ||
| 4 | 2 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| Supported technologies | ||
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| Integrated Memory Controller(s) | ||
Notes:
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200" or "Intel Core i3-3240" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Core i3-3240 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database. The former processor was tested on ASRock 4Core1600Twins-P35 motherboard with 2 GB dual-channel Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3 memory, and Powercolor 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI Radeon HD2400). The latter processor was tested on ASUS P8H61-M motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3 memory, and Integrated on-chip Intel Sandy Bridge graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Core i3-3240 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core i3-3240 |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark |
Measures performance of a single-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine. |
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark |
Measures integer and floating-point performance of a single CPU core by running 6 different algorithms, and calculates a weighted score based on the results. |
Super PI (1M) benchmark |
Measures time, required to calculate the first 1 million digits after the decimal point in the number Pi. |
Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Core i3-3240 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core i3-3240 |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark |
Measures performance of multi-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine. |
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark |
Measures time taken to render a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine. |
Euler3D benchmark |
Solves specific computational fluid dynamics problem, and reports a CFD cycle frequency in Hertz. |
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark |
Runs Dhrystone test on all cores, and reports estimated integer performance in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second). |
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core i3-3240 |
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark |
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark |
Runs Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second). |
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark |
Runs SSE2-enabled Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second). |
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark |
wPrime benchmark measures time taken by all logical processors to calculate square roots of numbers from 1 to 33554431 (32M). |
Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Core i3-3240 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can be used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower than another CPU in games and other 3D tasks.
Important! The processors were tested using different types of graphics adapters, that may not be suitable for comparison.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core i3-3240 |
3DMark2001 score benchmark |
Runs a series of game simulations and feature tests to measure graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs. It utilizes a single CPU core, and it is compatible with DirectX 8 and later APIs. |
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark |
Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Core i3-3240 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core i3-3240 |
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed (1 thread) benchmark |
Estimates MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second) rating of a single thread by measuring data compression and decompression speeds, and dividing averaged result by the number of threads. |
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark |
Measures performance of read, write and modify operations in main system and video memory. |
WinRAR 3.71 (32-bit) compressing/decompressing speed benchmark |
Measures compression and decompression speed of random data in KB per second |
CPUIDs
The table below compares support for x86 extensions and technologies, as well as individual instructions and low-level features of the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Intel Core i3-3240 microprocessors. Information in this table was retrieved from actual processors using CPUID instruction, and we also utilized internal timer to measure CPU frequency. Be aware that all technologies, disabled in BIOS or by a virtual machine, will be shown as not supported. Different steppings of Intel processors may also have slightly different features. In rare cases, measured frequency may differ from official specifications.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Intel | ||
| Core 2 Quad | Core i3 | |
| Q8200 | i3-3240 | |
| 2327 MHz | 3391 MHz | |
| 0.5 | ||
| EU80580PJ0534MN | CM8063701137900 | |
| EU80580PJ0534MN | CM8063701137900 | |
| SR0RH |
| GenuineIntel | ||
| Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz | |
| 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | ||
| Original OEM Processor | ||
| 1067A | 306A9 | |
| 6 (06h) | ||
| 23 (017h) | 58 (03Ah) | |
| 10 (0Ah) | 9 (09h) | |
| 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries Data TLB: 4-MB Pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries Instruction TLB: 2-MB pages, 4-way, 8 entries or 4M pages, 4-way, 4 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
Instruction set extensions
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed