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Intel Core i3 4130

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Much better turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz vs 1,050 MHz Around 10% better turbo clock speed
Much higher Maximum operating temperature 72 °C vs 65.3 °C More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature
Newer Jul, 2013 vs Sep, 2012 Release date 10 months later
Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.58 GHz vs 3.5 GHz Almost the same
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Much more l2 cache 1 MB vs 0.5 MB 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core vs 0.25 MB/core 2x more l2 cache per core

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 4130 vs 3240

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 4130
7.77 mHash/s
Core i3 3240
4.06 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i3 4130
13.92 mPixels/s
Core i3 3240
4.27 mPixels/s

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4130
2,610
Core i3 3240
2,269

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4130
2,403
Core i3 3240
943

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4130
4,736
Core i3 3240
2,664

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4130
6,330
Core i3 3240
5,507

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4130
2,982
Core i3 3240
2,516

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4130
3,840,000 MB/s
Core i3 3240
177,600 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i3 4130  vs
3240 
Clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 54W 55W
Annual home energy cost 13.01 $/year 13.25 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 47.3 $/year 48.18 $/year
Performance per watt 13.06 pt/W 2.67 pt/W
Typical power consumption 43.88W 44.69W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 DMI
Number of links 0 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i3 4130  vs
3240 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 0.5 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.5 MB/core
L3 cache 3 MB 3 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 72°C Unknown - 65.3°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.47 GHz 3.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.58 GHz 3.5 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 1,786.7 3,313.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.47 GHz 3.5 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD graphics 4400 Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz 1,050 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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