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Is the Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel Core i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 19.30
Overall Rank:
3263rd fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
2414th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
966th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $102.00 USD (2025-01-04)
Integer Math | 9,494 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,625 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 12 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6,114 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 346.7 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 41,545 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 240 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 1,831 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,510 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,660 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,299 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,151 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,484 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,165 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,650 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz | 1,968 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.45 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 156.70 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.18 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 129.68 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 50.46 | |
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz | 19.30 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz | 1,510 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2698484 - Jun 15 2025 | 2105 | |
BL2696517 - Jun 14 2025 | 1247 | |
BL2695048 - Jun 14 2025 | 2141 | |
BL2690738 - Jun 12 2025 | 2011 | |
BL2680741 - Jun 07 2025 | 2056 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz | 1,968 | |
Intel Core i3-2105 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,837 (-6.7%) | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,910 (-3.0%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 910 vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,776 (-9.7%) | |
Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,627 (-17.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,557 (-20.9%) | |
Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 1,518 (-22.9%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,535 (+28.8%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,455 (+24.7%) | |
AMD A8-3850 APU vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,412 (+22.6%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,375 (+20.7%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,372 (+20.5%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs Intel Core i3-2120 | 2,360 (+19.9%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,483 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,302 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,485 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,805 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz | 376 |