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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-3520M can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: BGA1023
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.6 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: 4 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 23.31
Overall Rank:
2843rd fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
2143rd fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
642nd fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $122.02 USD (2021-02-11)
Integer Math | 9,741 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 4,943 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 15 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6,003 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 800.5 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 44,876 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 273 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 1,842 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,725 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
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 i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 2,845 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.71 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.80 | |
Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 23.31 | |
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 i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 1,725 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2755168 - Jul 10 2025 | 2897 | |
BL2753400 - Jul 10 2025 | 3231 | |
BL2751950 - Jul 09 2025 | 2830 | |
BL2749843 - Jul 08 2025 | 3040 | |
BL2748121 - Jul 08 2025 | 3205 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 2,845 | |
Intel Core i5-3340M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,683 (-5.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,564 (-9.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-3540M @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,977 (+4.7%) | |
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,703 (-40.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-3360M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,883 (+1.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-4200M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,809 (-1.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,657 (-6.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,468 (-13.2%) | |
Intel Celeron N4100 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,460 (-13.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,453 (-13.8%) | |
AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,947 (-31.6%) | |
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,663 (-41.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
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 i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 534 |