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Intel Core i3 2120

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Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W vs 98.28W More than 45% lower typical power consumption
Higher clock speed 3.3 GHz vs 3.1 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.42 GHz vs 3.23 GHz More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year vs 37.88 $/year 2.4x lower annual home energy cost
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year vs 93.47 $/year Around 40% lower annual commercial energy cost
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.37 GHz vs 3.23 GHz Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 2100 vs the 2120.

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 2120 vs 2100

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i3 2120
2 mPixels/s
Core i3 2100
2.05 mPixels/s

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 2120
2,136
Core i3 2100
2,115

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 2120
5,074
Core i3 2100
4,786

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 2120
2,371
Core i3 2100
2,258

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 2120
162,800 MB/s
Core i3 2100
153,100 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 2120
5,008
Core i3 2100
4,738

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 2120
3,901
Core i3 2100
3,664

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 2120
1,690
Core i3 2100
1,583

Reviews Word on the street

Core i3 2120  vs 2100 
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Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i3 2120  vs
2100 
Clock speed 3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 1155
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
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 2000 Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Number of displays supported 2 2
GPU clock speed 850 MHz 850 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz 1,100 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB

details

 Core i3 2120  vs
2100 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 0.5 MB 0.5 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 3 MB 3 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 33 31
Operating temperature Unknown - 69.1°C Unknown - 69.1°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 22 101
Overclock review score 1 4.5
Overclocked clock speed 3.42 GHz 3.23 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.37 GHz 3.23 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 1,336.7 1,518.9
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.42 GHz 3.23 GHz

power consumption
TDP 65W 65W
Annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year 37.88 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year 93.47 $/year
Performance per watt 2.79 pt/W 1.41 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 98.28W

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