Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i3-3120M vs Core 2 Duo E7500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3120M is faster than the Core 2 Duo E7500. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E7500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3120M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3120M. A Core i3-3120M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.