Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel N100

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 4 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

1256 points

1289 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2477 points

2647 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

934 points

0.65% slightly better multitasking score

928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

895 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

886 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.75 points

33.61 points

70% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

262% significantly higher clock speed

0.8 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

881st of 1,089

873rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3520M vs N100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3520M is faster than the N100. Despite this, the N100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the N100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-3520M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3520M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N100.

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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.