Intel Core i3-2125 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-2125 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 Q3/2011. The Intel Core i3-2125 scores 668 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,504 points.
Intel Core i3-2125

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-2125. 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 i3-2125.

Name: Intel Core i3-2125
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 i3-2125 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-2125 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 i3-2125 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-2125 uses the Intel HD Graphics 3000, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 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 3000
GPU frequency: 0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 12
Shader: 96
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 35 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): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-2125 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: Q3/2011
Release price: 144 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-2125 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 i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
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 i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
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 FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1512
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1510
AMD Phenom II X4 850 AMD Phenom II X4 850
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1507
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1504
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
1501
MediaTek Helio P95 MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1498
Intel Core i5-3340M Intel Core i5-3340M
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1497

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 i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
534
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
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.
Intel Pentium G3420 Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1167
MediaTek Helio P60 MediaTek Helio P60
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1167
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1163
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1162
Intel Core i5-2520M Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1162
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

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.
AMD A4-3300M AMD A4-3300M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G @ 0.44 GHz
213
AMD A4-3310MX AMD A4-3310MX
AMD Radeon HD 6480G @ 0.44 GHz
213
AMD A4-3320M AMD A4-3320M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G @ 0.44 GHz
213
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz
211
Intel Core i7-2670QM Intel Core i7-2670QM
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz
211
Intel Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz
211
Intel Core i7-2629M Intel Core i7-2629M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz
211

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.
AMD A6-3500 AMD A6-3500
3C 3T @ 2.40 GHz
1995
AMD A8-3800 AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1994
AMD A6-5350M AMD A6-5350M
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1987
Intel Core i3-2125 Intel Core i3-2125
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1980
Intel Celeron N3450 Intel Celeron N3450
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1975
Intel Core i7-3689Y Intel Core i7-3689Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
1974
AMD A4-9120 AMD A4-9120
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1968

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