Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i3-550

Core i3-2120 vs Core i3-550 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2120 beats the Core i3-550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-550 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 Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-550. A Core i3-2120 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-550 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.