Intel Core i3-3120M vs AMD 3020e

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 3000 Series Mobile 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

924 points

979 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1808 points

2128 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

689 points

701 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

660 points

672 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

831 points

1085 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

400 points

658 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

108% significantly higher clock speed

1.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

6 W

483% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

974th of 1,089

956th of 1,089

Family

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Core

3000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2020 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-3120M vs 3020e comparison

In our benchmarks, the 3020e beats the Core i3-3120M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3120M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-3120M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the 3020e.

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 i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.