Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i7-2600

Core i3-2120 vs Core i7-2600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2600 is faster than the Core i3-2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-2120 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2120. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2120. A Core i3-2120 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.