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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: 23.31
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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Dell Latitude E6430 - 14"" - Core i7 3520M - Windows 7 Professional 64-bit - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD -, BLACK & SILVER |
$308.29 (www.amazon.com)
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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