Intel Pentium G3240 vs AMD Athlon II X3 415e

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 415e is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Pentium G3240 AMD Athlon II X3 415e
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  5 1
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G3000 AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana)

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium G3240 vs AMD Athlon II X3 415e by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.10 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 415e along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  10
• Shader
  80
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 415e. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• 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

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 415e you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium G3240 or AMD Athlon II X3 415e? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  54 W 45 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 415e CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Haswell S Rana
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 AM3
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2010