Intel Core i3-2120 vs AMD Athlon X4 750K

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 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

1307 points
0.77% slightly better overall score
1297 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2496 points
0.77% slightly better gaming score
2477 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

989 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
978 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

949 points
0.96% slightly better heavy workload score
940 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.23 points
19.51 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1073 points
1364 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

516 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
498 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1022 points
1029 points
0.68% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

497 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
443 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

869th of 1,089
871st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Core i3-2120 vs Athlon X4 750K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2120 performs better than the Athlon X4 750K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 750K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 750K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2120.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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