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Price and performance details for the Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 2 Cores and 4 Threads. This CPU may not do well with games especially more recent releases. Best to check with your system requirements from the developer of the games you are interested to see if it is compatible. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket:
Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 15 W
Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 4 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8121U CPU @ 2.20GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 15.15
Overall Rank: 1472
Last Price Change: $290.00 USD (2021-05-17)
Integer Math | 14,470 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 6,825 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 15 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,160 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 47.4 MBytes/Sec |
Physics | 341 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 3,782 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,937 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,158 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,954 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,300 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 21,047 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,845 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,265 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 12,169 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,084 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 10,029 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 7,034 | |
Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz | 4,393 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 53.28 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 25.39 | |
Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz | 15.15 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.55 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | NA | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,848 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,825 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,731 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,117 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,070 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,693 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,628 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,465 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 2,314 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 1,965 | |
Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz | 1,937 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
BL1655811 - Oct 24 2022 | 4515 | |
BL1655780 - Oct 24 2022 | 4517 | |
BL1609940 - Aug 10 2022 | 4223 | |
BL1604832 - Jul 31 2022 | 4503 | |
BL1574321 - May 31 2022 | 4539 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz | 4,393 | |
Intel Core i3-8145U @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,858 (-12.2%) | |
Intel Core i3-8130U @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,623 (-17.5%) | |
Intel Core i3-1005G1 @ 1.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 5,033 (+14.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-7442EQ @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 4,834 (+10.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-6442EQ @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 4,598 (+4.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,860 (-12.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-6287U @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,819 (-13.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-7100H @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,430 (-21.9%) | |
Intel Core m3-8100Y @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 2,907 (-33.8%) | |
AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 4,424 (+0.7%) | |
Intel Core i3-8145UE @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 4,087 (-7.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-6660U @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i3-8121U | 3,753 (-14.6%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 6,699 | |
Intel Core i9-12900HK | 5,877 | |
Intel Core i9-12900H | 5,757 | |
Intel Core i9-12950HX | 5,631 | |
Intel Core i7-1370P | 5,618 | |
Intel Core i9-12900HX | 5,588 | |
Intel Core i7-12650H | 5,263 | |
Intel Core i7-12800H | 5,255 | |
Intel Core i7-12700H | 5,168 | |
Intel Core i7-12800HX | 4,832 | |
Intel Core i7-1280P | 4,814 | |
Intel Core i7-12850HX | 4,753 | |
Intel Core i3-8121U @ 2.20GHz | 1,376 |