Intel Core i5 3210M vs i3 3120M

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Intel Core i5 3210M

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i5 3210M vs the Core i3 3120M.

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3210M

6.22 mHash/s

Core i3 3120M

9.79 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3210M

0.97 fps

Core i3 3120M

1 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

2,240

Core i3 3120M

2,115

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

1,802

Core i3 3120M

1,600

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

4,254

Core i3 3120M

3,537

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

5,193

Core i3 3120M

4,146

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

2,547

Core i3 3120M

1,922

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

2,090,000 MB/s

Core i3 3120M

131,100 MB/s

summary	Core i5 3210M	i3 3120M
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.5 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
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	12.39 pt/W	3.96 pt/W
Typical power consumption	28.44W	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 i5 3210M	i3 3120M
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	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	25	25
Operating temperature	Unknown - 105°C	Unknown - 90°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.53 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	1,623.4	1,976.5
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.9 GHz	2.53 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	HD 4000	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,100 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
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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