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Intel Core i3 3120M

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 3120M vs 2370M

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 3120M
2,115
Core i3 2370M
2,036

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3120M
4,146
Core i3 2370M
3,606

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3120M
1,922
Core i3 2370M
1,696

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3120M
131,100 MB/s
Core i3 2370M
117,900 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3120M
3,978
Core i3 2370M
3,503

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3120M
4,075
Core i3 2370M
4,129

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 3120M
3,342
Core i3 2370M
2,753

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 3120M
1,313
Core i3 2370M
1,156

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i3 3120M  vs
2370M 
Clock speed 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Socket type
rPGA 988B
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
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 35W 35W
Annual home energy cost 8.43 $/year 8.43 $/year
Performance per watt 3.96 pt/W 3.83 pt/W
Typical power consumption 28.44W 28.44W

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

details

 Core i3 3120M  vs
2370M 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 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 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 25 24
Operating temperature Unknown - 90°C Unknown - 100°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 2.53 GHz 2.43 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 1,976.5 1,174.9
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.53 GHz 2.43 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4000 HD Graphics 3000
Number of displays supported 3 2
GPU clock speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz 1,150 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3L-1333
DDR3RS-1600
DDR3RS-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 16,384 MB
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