Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Core i5-2450M

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

1014 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1808 points

1935 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

689 points

766 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

660 points

735 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.36 points

103% significantly higher Blender score

6.58 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

854 points

905 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

405 points

466 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

831 points

871 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

400 points

453 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

974th of 1,089

942nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-3120M vs Core i5-2450M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2450M 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 and the same number of threads. Both the Core i3-3120M and Core i5-2450M have the same clock speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.