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Intel Core i3 2120
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See full details Intel Core i3 2120 vs 2100 |
Released January, 2011
Intel Core i3 2120
- 3.3 GHz
- Dual core
6 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 2120
 | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Higher clock speed 3.3 GHz |
| | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.42 GHz | | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 2120 vs 2100 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 6 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 98.28W | More than 45% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| 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. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 2120 vs 2100
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
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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