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Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Atom C3950
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Intel Atom (108) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000M (29) | Intel Atom C3000 (20) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge H | Denverton |
| Technology | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1023 | BGA 1310 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 16 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 16x |
| Frequency: | 2.90 GHz | 1.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | 2.20 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.40 GHz | 2.20 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.25 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 22 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
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| TDP | 35 W | 24 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i7-3520M | Intel Atom C3950 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q3/2017 |
| Release price | 346 $ | 389 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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