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Intel Celeron 2980U vs Intel Core i3-2120

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Intel Celeron 2980U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Celeron 2980U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
354
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
668
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
694
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,478
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron 2980U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
160
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106

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At a glance

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Intel Celeron 2980UIntel Core i3-2120
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Celeron 2000 (7)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureHaswell USandy Bridge S
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1168LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 1.40 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.20 - 1.00 GHz0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader10 / 806 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2012Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 122.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth6.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron 2980UIntel Core i3-2120
TDP15 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Celeron 2980UIntel Core i3-2120
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2011
Release price120 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron 2980U
Intel Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

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