Intel Core i3 3120M vs AMD A6 4400M

older Released September, 2012

Intel Core i3 3120M

2.5 GHz
Dual core

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6.1 Out of 10

So some of the key aspects of the Broadwell microarchitecture would be to be suitable for fanless devices, deliver on core performance improvements and feature enhanced graphics, media, display capabilities.

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AMD A6 4400M

2.7 GHz
Dual core

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6.5 Out of 10

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 3120M 6.4 A6 4400M 5.9 Pentium 2020M 5.9
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3120M 6.6 A6 4400M 6.6 Pentium 2020M 6.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 3120M 5.9 A6 4400M 5.7 Pentium 2020M n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 3120M 7.1 A6 4400M 6.2 Pentium 2020M 6.1
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 3120M 5.7 A6 4400M 5.5 Pentium 2020M 5.6
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 3120M 5.8 A6 4400M 8.6 Pentium 2020M 7.4
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

6.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 3120M 6.1 A6 4400M 6.5 Pentium 2020M 6.3

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Intel Core i3 3120M

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

9.79 mHash/s

14.04 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

1 fps

-0.33 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

2,115

2,155

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

1,600

1,674

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

3,537

2,119

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

4,146

2,091

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,922

1,434

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

131,100 MB/s

1,680,000 MB/s

summary	Core i3 3120M	vs	A6 4400M
Clock speed	2.5 GHz		2.7 GHz
Cores	Dual core		Dual core
Is unlocked	No		No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	35W		35W
Annual home energy cost	8.43 $/year		8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	3.97 pt/W		9.18 pt/W
Typical power consumption	28.44W		28.44W

details	Core i3 3120M	vs	A6 4400M
Threads	4		2
L2 cache	1 MB		1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core		0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB		0.5 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core		0.25 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Clock multiplier	25		27
Operating temperature	Unknown - 90°C		Unknown - 100°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.53 GHz		3.2 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.5 GHz		2.7 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	1,976.5		982.4
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.53 GHz		3.2 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU		GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4000		Radeon™ HD 7520G
GPU clock speed	650 MHz		496 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz		685 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
DDR3RS-1600
DDR3RS-1333
Channels	Dual Channel		Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s		25,600 MB/s

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