Intel Core i3-2370M Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-19

The Intel Core i3-2370M 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 PPGA 988 socket and was released in Q1/2012. The Intel Core i3-2370M scores 473 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,090 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-2370M. 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 i3-2370M.
Name:	Intel Core i3-2370M
Family:	Intel Core i3
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000M
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-2370M has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-2370M is 2.40 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:	2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-2370M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-2370M 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:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Release date:	Q1/2011

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 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.

DDR3-1333	21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
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.:	85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-2370M 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:	PPGA 988
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:	Q1/2012
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-2370M
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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-2370M 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.


	AMD FX-4130 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	476
	Intel Celeron G1610T 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	476
	AMD FX-9800P 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	475
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	473
	Intel Core2 Duo E8400 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	473
	Intel Pentium 2020M 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	473
	AMD A10-5700 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	473

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 3015Ce 2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz	1096
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1093
	Intel Celeron N6210 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	1092
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1090
	Intel Celeron 3965U 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	1084
	Intel Core M-5Y10 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	1084
	Intel Core i3-5005U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1082

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.


	Samsung Exynos 9810 8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	417
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	416
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz	416
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	412
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	412
	Intel Celeron G1610T 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	412
	AMD A10-5700 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	412

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 G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	847
	Intel Core i3-3110M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	846
	Intel Core i3-3120ME 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	846
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	844
	Intel Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	842
	Intel Atom x6416RE 4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	841
	Samsung Exynos 7880 8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz	840

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.


	Intel Core i3-2348M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.15 GHz	221
	Intel Core i3-2350M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.15 GHz	221
	Intel Core i5-2467M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.15 GHz	221
	Intel Core i3-2370M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.15 GHz	221
	MediaTek Helio X30 PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) @ 0.85 GHz	218
	Intel Core i7-3689Y Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 0.85 GHz	218
	Intel Core i3-3229Y Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 0.85 GHz	218

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 Pentium N3710 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	1372
	Intel Pentium 2020M 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	1371
	Intel Celeron G1610T 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1370
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1365
	Intel Core i3-4010Y 2C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	1364
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 4C 4T @ 2.15 GHz	1362
	Intel Pentium 3550M 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1358

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.


	AMD Athlon II X4 645 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	575
	Intel Pentium G860 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	574
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	569
	Intel Core i3-2370M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	564
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	564
	Intel Core2 Duo E8600 2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz	563
	Intel Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	560

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

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