Intel Celeron G1840 vs Intel Core i3-3120M

Compare Intel Celeron G Series 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

935 points
1% slightly better overall score
924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2047 points
13% slightly better gaming score
1808 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

665 points
689 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

638 points
660 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1021 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
854 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

557 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
405 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

828 points
831 points
0.36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
400 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

53 W
35 W
51% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

971st of 1,089
974th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron G Series
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Celeron G1840 vs Core i3-3120M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Celeron G1840 beats the Core i3-3120M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3120M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3120M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Celeron G1840 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3120M. The Core i3-3120M outputs less heat than Celeron G1840 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron G1840 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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