Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i7-4510U

Core i3-2120 vs Core i7-4510U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-2120 is faster than the Core i7-4510U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4510U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4510U. The Core i7-4510U outputs less heat than Core i3-2120 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. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.