Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

Core i3-2120 vs Core i7-6498DU benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6498DU 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.

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 i7-6498DU.

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.