Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505

Core i3-3120M vs Pentium Gold 7505 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold 7505 performs better than the Core i3-3120M. 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. The Pentium Gold 7505 outputs less heat than Core i3-3120M 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 i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.