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Intel Core m3-6Y30 vs Intel Core i3-2120

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-6Y30
Rank 2 - 89 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-6Y30
Rank 2 - 93 %
Intel Core i3-2120
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
769
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
534
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
1,482
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,140
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
604
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
668
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
1,262
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,478
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core m3-6Y30
Intel HD Graphics 515
326
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
FamilyIntel Core M (16)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core M 6 (4)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureSkylake YSandy Bridge S
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1515LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 0.90 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 515Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.30 - 0.85 GHz0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1926 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory16 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
MemoryLPDDR3-1866 (29.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 102.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth9.9 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
TDP4.5 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core m3-6Y30Intel Core i3-2120
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2011
Release price120 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core m3-6Y30
Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C / 4T · 0.90 - 2.20 GHz
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Core i3-2120
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

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