Intel Core i3-2120 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-2120 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q1/2011. The Intel Core i3-2120 scores 668 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,478 points.
Intel Core i3-2120

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-2120. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-2120.

Name: Intel Core i3-2120
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture: Sandy Bridge S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 2
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-2120 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-2120 is 3.30 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-2120 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-2120 uses the Intel HD Graphics 2000, which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency: 0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1333
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-2120 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date: Q1/2011
Release price: 120 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-2120 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N5095 Intel Celeron N5095
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
669
Intel Core M-5Y51 Intel Core M-5Y51
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
669
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
669
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
668
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
668
Intel Core i7-2720QM Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
668
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
668

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-5800K AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1483
AMD FX-4320 AMD FX-4320
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1481
Intel Core i5-4258U Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1479
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1478
Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1478
Intel Celeron N4120 Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1478
Intel Core i3-7130U Intel Core i3-7130U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1477

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-3210M Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
540
Intel Atom x6425E Intel Atom x6425E
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
539
Intel Core i7-3537U Intel Core i7-3537U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
539
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
534
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
534
AMD FX-6300 AMD FX-6300
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
534
AMD Opteron X3216 AMD Opteron X3216
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
533

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
HiSilicon Kirin 710A HiSilicon Kirin 710A
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1147
Intel Core i5-3610ME Intel Core i5-3610ME
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1144
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
1143
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1140
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1140
Intel Core i3-560 Intel Core i3-560
2C 4T @ 3.33 GHz
1136
Intel Celeron G3930 Intel Celeron G3930
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1136

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
MediaTek Helio X20 MediaTek Helio X20
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6214RE Intel Atom x6214RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2115C Intel Core i3-2115C
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2130
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core M-5Y31 Intel Core M-5Y31
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1959
Intel Core i5-2410M Intel Core i5-2410M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1954
Intel Pentium G3250 Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1954
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1945
Intel Core i5-4302Y Intel Core i5-4302Y
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1942
Intel Core i3-4025U Intel Core i3-4025U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1940
Intel Core i3-4030U Intel Core i3-4030U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1940

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
272
Intel Xeon E5450 Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
271
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
268
Intel Core i5-3230M Intel Core i5-3230M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
254
Intel Core i3-2100 Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
253
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
252

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
4C 4T @ 2.33 GHz
786
Intel Core i3-3210 Intel Core i3-3210
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
785
Intel Core i5-3340M Intel Core i5-3340M
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
785
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
783
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz
782
Intel Core i7-2640M Intel Core i7-2640M
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
779
AMD A8-6600K AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
771

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