Intel Core i3 2120 Intel Core i3 2120 benchmarking by Phoronix.com with samples provided by Intel Corp for future articles. Core i3 2100: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i3 test: Processor: Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 1298CTO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB HITACHI HTS72323, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1150MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20590, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: elementary OS 0.3.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-63-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 49.27 |========================================== Core i3 2120 .. 49.43 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 65.43 |======================================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 51.30 |========================================== Core i3 2120 .. 51.67 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 68.57 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 15.99 |============================================ Core i3 2120 .. 16.09 |============================================ Core i5 2500K . 20.53 |======================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 20.17 |============================================ Core i3 2120 .. 20.40 |============================================= Core i5 2500K . 25.47 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 16719.85 |============================= Core i3 2120 .. 17529.45 |============================== Core i5 2500K . 30994.57 |===================================================== i3 test ....... 13792.66 |======================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 1766.63 |================================= Core i3 2120 .. 1783.47 |================================= Core i5 2500K . 2927.07 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 72.08 |================================================ Core i3 2120 .. 76.55 |=================================================== Core i5 2500K . 83.40 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 3682667 |============================================== Core i3 2120 .. 3900000 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 4309333 |====================================================== i3 test ....... 2423200 |============================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 11756 |================================================ Core i3 2120 .. 12683 |==================================================== Core i5 2500K . 13671 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 759 |================================================== Core i3 2120 .. 814 |====================================================== Core i5 2500K . 878 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 128.46 |======================================================= Core i3 2120 .. 114.26 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 54.25 |======================= i3 test ....... 104.25 |============================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 245 |====================================== Core i3 2120 .. 230 |=================================== Core i5 2500K . 154 |======================== i3 test ....... 376 |========================================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 44.57 |=================================== Core i3 2120 .. 47.17 |===================================== Core i5 2500K . 71.61 |======================================================== FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 13.01 |======================================================== Core i3 2120 .. 12.20 |===================================================== Core i5 2500K . 10.13 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 23.49 |======================================= Core i3 2120 .. 22.05 |===================================== Core i5 2500K . 20.25 |================================== i3 test ....... 33.54 |======================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 7111 |==================================== Core i3 2120 .. 7563 |====================================== Core i5 2500K . 11188 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 148.34 |================================================= Core i3 2120 .. 160.21 |===================================================== Core i5 2500K . 167.64 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 3363.68 |====================== Core i3 2120 .. 3620.48 |======================== Core i5 2500K . 8170.95 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 17.47 |=================================== Core i3 2120 .. 18.56 |===================================== Core i5 2500K . 27.72 |======================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 54.87 |===================================== Core i3 2120 .. 60.35 |========================================= Core i5 2500K . 82.63 |========================================================