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    Intel Core i3-2370M vs Intel Pentium 2020M

    Intel Core i3-2370M
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2012
    Intel Core i3-2370M
    Intel Pentium 2020M
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Pentium 2020M

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      113%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      100%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      104%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      122%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2370M

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2020M

    None
    Intel Core i3-2370M

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2370M

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-2370M

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2370M

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    Intel VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    Smart Cache
    Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
    XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
    Smart Cache.

    Architecture

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketMobilevsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateJan 2012vsSep 2012

    Cores

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    Cores2vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsIntel HD

    Cache

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagerPGAvsFC-PGA12F
    Die Size149mm²vs118mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i3-2370MIntel Pentium 2020M
    Cpu Frequency2400 MHzvs2400 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP35 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      2400 points
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      2472 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      5760 points
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      4944 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      3503
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      3151

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      1842
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1946

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      3842
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      3393

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      1652
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1821

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      2869.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      2449

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      3135
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      3299

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      7064
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      6312

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      0.95
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.98

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      2.29
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1.92

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      16.44
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      16.74

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      22.53
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      31.53

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      2514.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1388

    MB/s - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      0.22
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.2

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      0.19
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.15

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      0.11
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.1

    GB/s

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