Intel Core i7-3520M Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i7-3520M has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1023 socket and was released in Q2/2012.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-3520M. 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 i7-3520M. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i7-3520M |
| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 3000M |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i7-3520M can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | 3.40 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-3520M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.65 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution units: | 16 |
| Shader: | 128 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 11.0 |
| Technology: | 22 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: | Decode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 16 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1): | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i7-3520M as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1023 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Ivy Bridge H |
| 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: | Q2/2012 |
| Release price: | 346 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3520M 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.
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N5095
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N4505
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620e
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon II X4 860K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-7600
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-680
2C 4T @ 3.86 GHz |
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MediaTek Kompanio 820
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 880
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4400
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2640M
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-6100
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A9-9420
AMD Radeon R5 - 192 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
AMD Radeon R5 - 192 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz |
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AMD A8-7200P
AMD Radeon R5 - 256 (Kaveri) @ 0.63 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-11155MRE
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-11155MLE
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3820QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 980
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD A10-7850K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210H
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4360T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G3930T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G3930
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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