Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i3-3120M

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

950 points

2% slightly better overall score

924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1767 points

1808 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

729 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

689 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

701 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

660 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.13 points

13.36 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

867 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

854 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

450 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

405 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

851 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

831 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

400 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz

2.5 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

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

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

992nd of 1,118

1,000th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2410M vs Core i3-3120M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2410M beats the Core i3-3120M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-3120M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2410M. 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.

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 i5-2410M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.