Intel Core i5-3320M vs Intel Core i3-2100

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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Intel Core i3-2100

Price

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$ 44.04

$ 4.96 slightly less expensive

$ 49.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1205 points

1270 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2406 points

2433 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

892 points

956 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

856 points

918 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

16.58 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

15.20 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1061 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

990 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

513 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

475 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1046 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

947 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

514 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

465 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

2.60 GHz

3.1 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

900th of 1,089

878th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2011 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 i5-3320M vs Core i3-2100 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2100 beats the Core i5-3320M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3320M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-2100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3320M. A Core i5-3320M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2100 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 i5-3320M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.