Intel Core i7-3520M Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-3520M is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q2/2012. The Intel Core i7-3520M is based on the 3. generation of the Intel Core i7 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1023. The Intel Core i7-3520M scores 740 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,613 points.
Intel Core i7-3520M

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-3520M
Family: Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group: Intel Core i 3000M (29)
Architecture: Ivy Bridge H
Technology: 22 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i7-3520M clock with 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

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

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

With the Intel HD Graphics 4000, the Intel Core i7-3520M has an build in graphic solution. It has 16 SM processors, which have a total of 128 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.25 GHz
Compute units: 16
Shader: 128
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2011
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.0
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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 & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-3520M supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3L-1333
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1600
21.3 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
21.3 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i7-3520M has a TDP of 35 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-3520M has a 4.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1023
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 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: Q2/2012
Release price: 346 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified 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.
Intel Core i7-2760QM Intel Core i7-2760QM
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
645
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
629
Intel Core i7-2720QM Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
623
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
621
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
619
Intel Celeron N5095 Intel Celeron N5095
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
619
Intel Celeron N4505 Intel Celeron N4505
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
619

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.
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1391
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1369
Intel Core i5-2450M Intel Core i5-2450M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1352
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1273
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1273
Intel Core i5-3317U Intel Core i5-3317U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1089
Intel Celeron N4505 Intel Celeron N4505
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1055

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i7-3940XM Intel Core i7-3940XM
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
694
Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel Core i7-3840QM
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
686
Intel Core i7-3920XM Intel Core i7-3920XM
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
686
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
685
Intel Core i5-4302Y Intel Core i5-4302Y
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
676
Intel Core i7-3820QM Intel Core i7-3820QM
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
675
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
665

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1455
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1455
AMD Ryzen 3 3250C AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1449
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1446
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1442
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1439
Intel Celeron N5095 Intel Celeron N5095
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1437

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 Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i5-7Y54 Intel Core i5-7Y54
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
743
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
740
Intel Core i5-3360M Intel Core i5-3360M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
738
AMD Ryzen 7 2800H AMD Ryzen 7 2800H
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
734
Intel Core i7-2960XM Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
733

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 Ryzen 3 3200U AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1632
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1632
Intel Core i5-4200M Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1627
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1613
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1603
Intel Core i3-6100H Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1597
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1588

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.
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
690
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
675
Intel Pentium Silver J5005 Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
669
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
663
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
657
AMD A8-7600 AMD A8-7600
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
655
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
652

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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz
325
AMD A9-9425 AMD A9-9425
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz
325
AMD A8-7200P AMD A8-7200P
AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri) @ 0.63 GHz
321
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz
320
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz
320
Intel Core i3-4100U Intel Core i3-4100U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz
320
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz
320

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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2892
AMD A8-3550MX AMD A8-3550MX
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2866
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2864
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2862
AMD A8-7150B AMD A8-7150B
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2855
Intel Core i5-3360M Intel Core i5-3360M
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2845
Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2839

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 i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
865
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
860
Intel Core i5-4300M Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
855
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
835
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
834
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
831
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
811

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