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Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Core i3-8100B

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 52 %
Intel Core i5-2520M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Core i5-2520M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
549
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,162
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,784
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
596
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,339
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,329
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
250
Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel UHD Graphics 630
403

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000M (46)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge HCoffee Lake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPPGA 988BGA 1440
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.20 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 3000Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.30 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 9624 / 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 i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 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 i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
TDP35 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2520MIntel Core i3-8100B
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 dateQ1/2011Q3/2018
Release price133 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel Core i5-2520M
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

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