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Intel Core i3 3217U
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Released January, 2012
Intel Core i3 2370M
- 2.4 GHz
- Dual core
5.8 Out of 10
by hassan-mujtaba (Sep, 2014)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.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 3217U vs 2370M among laptop CPUs (over 15W)
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 | |
| 7.2 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 3217U vs 2370M
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
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i3 3217U | vs | 2370M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| BGA 1023 | |||
| 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 | 17W | 35W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 4.1 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.95 pt/W | 3.83 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 13.81W | 28.44W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI 2.0 | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Core i3 3217U | vs | 2370M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 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 | 18 | 24 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 105°C | Unknown - 100°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.44 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.8 GHz | 2.44 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4000 | HD Graphics 3000 | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 | |
| GPU clock speed | 350 MHz | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,050 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 | |
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