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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: 23.30
Overall Rank:
3018th fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
2285th fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
660th fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $122.02 USD (2021-02-11)
| Integer Math | 9,724 MOps/Sec |
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| Floating Point Math | 4,938 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 15 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,988 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 800.1 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 44,801 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 273 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,842 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,721 MOps/Sec |
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Panasonic Toughbook 31 - 13.1" - Core i7 3520M |
$3600.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,341 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,147 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,680 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,825 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,079 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,519 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,611 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,409 | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 2,842 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.45 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.19 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.45 | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 23.30 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.05 | |
| 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 |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,889 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,511 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,029 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,010 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,891 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,620 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,590 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,394 | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 1,721 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3092384 - Nov 29 2025 | 3062 | |
| BL3084011 - Nov 26 2025 | 3219 | |
| BL3077990 - Nov 23 2025 | 2736 | |
| BL3076115 - Nov 23 2025 | 3202 | |
| BL3074770 - Nov 22 2025 | 2936 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 2,842 | |
| Intel Core i5-3340M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,689 (-5.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,566 (-9.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3540M @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,979 (+4.8%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,710 (-39.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3360M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,892 (+1.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4200M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,811 (-1.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,660 (-6.4%) | |
| 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 | 2,453 (-13.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 2,445 (-14.0%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,948 (-31.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-3520M | 1,657 (-41.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,669 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,633 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 9,113 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,041 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,979 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,876 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,783 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,953 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,780 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,719 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,706 | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz | 534 |
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