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Is the Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: PGA988
Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 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) i3-3120M CPU @ 2.50GHz, Intel Core i3-3120M CPU @ 2.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 15.49
Overall Rank:
3542nd fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
2957th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
821st fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $109.95 USD (2025-06-20)
Integer Math | 7,369 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,774 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 12 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 4,616 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 301.2 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 33,795 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 221 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 1,439 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,271 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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![]() | $109.95 USD | Buy Now! |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,804 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,031 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,230 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,697 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,626 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,682 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,517 | |
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz | 1,703 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.71 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.80 | |
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz | 15.49 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.13 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,045 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,023 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,912 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,642 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,627 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,598 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,405 | |
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz | 1,271 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2736713 - Jul 02 2025 | 1873 | |
BL5097645 - Jul 02 2025 | 1862 | |
BL2731168 - Jun 30 2025 | 1877 | |
BL2729386 - Jun 29 2025 | 1757 | |
BL2729251 - Jun 29 2025 | 1636 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz | 1,703 | |
AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,947 (+14.3%) | |
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,663 (-2.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,728 (+1.4%) | |
AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,584 (-7.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,314 (-22.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 2,085 (+22.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 2,008 (+17.9%) | |
AMD A8-4500M APU vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,692 (-0.7%) | |
AMD Phenom II N950 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,587 (-6.8%) | |
AMD A8-3520M APU vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,453 (-14.7%) | |
AMD A8-3500M APU vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,394 (-18.2%) | |
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i3-3120M | 1,263 (-25.9%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,909 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,010 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,142 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,810 | |
Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,046 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,777 | |
Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,754 | |
Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,753 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,743 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,686 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,621 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | 6,448 | |
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz | 336 |