Intel Core i5-2320 vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1844 points
0.71% slightly better overall score
1831 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3371 points
16% slightly better gaming score
2900 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1414 points
1514 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1357 points
1454 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.19 points
32.42 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1527 points
1538 points
0.72% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

530 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
463 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1550 points
1692 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

538 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
501 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
35 W
171% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

761st of 1,103
765th of 1,103

Family

The product line

Core
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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