Intel Core i3-2370M vs Intel Pentium 3825U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 3000 Series 2 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

974 points
26% slightly better overall score
768 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1906 points
31% slightly better gaming score
1453 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

727 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
581 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

697 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
558 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

717 points
848 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

340 points
377 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

711 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
696 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

361 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
341 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
Identical
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

966th of 1,096
1,018th of 1,096

Family

The product line

Core
Pentium 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-2370M vs Pentium 3825U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2370M beats the Pentium 3825U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 3825U 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 i3-2370M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium 3825U. The Pentium 3825U outputs less heat than Core i3-2370M 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 i3-2370M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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