Intel Core i7-3920XM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-08-10

The Intel Core i7-3920XM has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q2/2012. The Intel Core i7-3920XM scores 793 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,270 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i7-3920XM
Family:	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 3000M (29)
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3920XM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3920XM is 2.90 GHz (3.80 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	2.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 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 i7-3920XM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3920XM uses the Intel HD Graphics 4000, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 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 4000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 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

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

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 The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 55 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):	55 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-3920XM is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	PGA 988
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	8.00 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:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-3920XM
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz (3.80 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3920XM 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 Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	795
	Intel Core i5-4460 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	794
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	794
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	793
	MediaTek Dimensity 7030 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	793
	Intel Xeon D-2183IT 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	793
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	793

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.


	Intel Core i7-8565U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	3279
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	3275
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	3271
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	3270
	Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3269
	Intel Core i7-4790S 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3269
	Intel Core i7-4900MQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	3268

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 Celeron G4920 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	691
	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz	689
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	687
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	686
	Intel Core i7-3840QM 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	686
	Intel Pentium G3440 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	686
	Intel Pentium G3430 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	686

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.


	Samsung Exynos 990 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	2645
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2637
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz	2634
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	2632
	MediaTek Dimensity 7200 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2630
	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2629
	Intel Core i7-7567U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2617

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 Pentium Gold G7400 Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Celeron N5100 Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz	340
	Intel Core i7-3920XM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333
	UNISOC T760 ARM Mali-G57 MP4 @ 0.65 GHz	333
	Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333
	Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333

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.


	MediaTek Dimensity 1000C 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	5668
	Intel Core i5-6600T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5665
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	5652
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	5648
	Intel Core i7-4750HQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	5644
	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	5642
	Intel Core i7-4710MQ 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	5614

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,039 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

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