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Intel Core i3-3120M vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Last updated: 2025-10-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 55 %

Intel Core i3-3120M

Rank 1 - 100 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 31 %

Intel Core i3-3120M

Rank 1 - 100 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

439

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

970

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

927

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,126

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

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

508

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

775

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

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

1,136

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

4,507

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

282

ARM Mali-G77 MP9

979

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)	MediaTek Dimensity 1000 (4)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge H	Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	PGA 988
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 2.50 GHz	4x Cortex-A77 2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.10 GHz	0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	9 / 144
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	4 GB
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
AI hardware		Mediatek APU 3.0
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-1866 (29.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
TDP	35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3120M	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2012	Q2/2020
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i3-3120M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

★★★★★