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Is the Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: PGA988
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 W
Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB,
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz, Intel Core i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013
CPUmark/$Price: 25.50
Overall Rank: 2317
Last Price Change: $99.99 USD (2023-04-14)
| Integer Math | 8,828 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 4,495 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 13 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,546 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 698.7 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 40,186 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 249 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,712 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,573 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,060 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,188 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,693 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,468 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,249 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 12,045 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,975 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,916 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 6,998 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 2,550 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 52.67 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 32.09 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 25.50 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.43 | |
| 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 7 4800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | NA | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,955 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,843 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,715 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,103 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,063 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,705 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,681 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,625 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,452 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 1,955 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 1,573 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL1914097 - Sep 29 2023 | 2873 | |
| BL1911933 - Sep 26 2023 | 2439 | |
| BL1909737 - Sep 23 2023 | 2481 | |
| BL5046606 - Sep 22 2023 | 3053 | |
| BL1908812 - Sep 21 2023 | 2768 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 2,550 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 1,983 (-22.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4200M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,800 (+9.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,860 (+12.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4210M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,880 (+13.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,501 (-1.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,439 (-4.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3360M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,884 (+13.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3340M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,693 (+5.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,349 (-7.9%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 1,929 (-24.3%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 1,651 (-35.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3540M @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,940 (+15.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 7,178 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,912 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,625 | |
| Intel Core i9-13905H | 6,571 | |
| Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,244 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HK | 6,134 | |
| Intel Core i7-13800H | 5,934 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900H | 5,918 | |
| Intel Core i7-13620H | 5,889 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900HK | 5,789 | |
| Intel Core i5-13600HX | 5,738 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 5,729 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 487 |
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