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Intel Core i3 3217U
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See full details Intel Core i3 3217U vs Celeron N2920 |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 3217U vs N2920 among laptop CPUs
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 | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
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? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i3 3217U vs the Celeron N2920. | |||||||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Celeron N2920 vs the Core i3 3217U. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 3217U vs Celeron N2920
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i3 3217U | vs | Celeron N2920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| BGA 1023 | |||
| BGA 1170 | |||
| 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 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 17W | 7.5W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 4.1 $/year | 1.81 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.98 pt/W | 6.93 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 13.81W | 6.09W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI 2.0 | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
details | Core i3 3217U | vs | Celeron N2920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1.98 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 1.87 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.8 GHz | 1.98 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4000 | Intel® HD Graphics | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 | |
| GPU clock speed | 350 MHz | 756 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,050 MHz | 844 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3L-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3L-1333 | |||
| DDR3RS-1600 | |||
| DDR3RS-1333 | |||
| DDR3L-1066 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Single Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 6,400 MB/s | |
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