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Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i5-10500E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-10500E
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 21 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-10500E
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
534
Intel Core i5-10500E
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
1,467
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,140
Intel Core i5-10500E
6C / 12T · 3.10 GHz
6,110
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
668
Intel Core i5-10500E
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
1,062
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,478
Intel Core i5-10500E
6C / 12T · 3.10 GHz
5,520
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-2120
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106
Intel Core i5-10500E
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Core i 10000 (43)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SComet Lake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1200
PredecessorIntel Core i5-9500
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-2120Intel Core i5-10500E
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2011Q2/2020
Release price120 $195 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-10500E
Intel Core i5-10500E
6C / 12T · 3.10 - 4.20 GHz

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