Intel Core i3-2120 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 2000 Series 4 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
4% slightly better overall score
1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2496 points
2633 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

989 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
798 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

949 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score
655 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.23 points
59.58 points
318% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

869th of 1,089
885th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i3-2120 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2120 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has significantly more cores than the Core i3-2120. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-2120. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2120. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE 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.

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