Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i3-2120

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i5 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 i3-2120

Price

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$ 1486.00

$ 170.00

$ 1316.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1041 points

1307 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2025 points

2496 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

779 points

989 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

748 points

949 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.12 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

14.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1480 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1073 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

763 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

516 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1512 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1022 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

785 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

497 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

2.20 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

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

937th of 1,089

869th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-5200U vs Core i3-2120 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2120 beats the Core i5-5200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5200U. A Core i5-5200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2120 CPU because of its 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 i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.