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    AMD A4-3420 vs Intel Core i3-2120

    AMD A4-3420
    AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
    2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Dec 2011
    AMD A4-3420
    Intel Core i3-2120
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
    Intel Core i3-2120

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD A4-3420

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2120

    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Intel Core i3-2120

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2120

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-2120

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2120

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameLlanovsSandy Bridge
    Release DateDec 2011vsFeb 2011

    Cores

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6410DvsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size228mm²vs131mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-2120
    Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A4-3420
      2800 points
    • Intel Core i3-2120
      3300 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A4-3420
      5600 points
    • Intel Core i3-2120
      7920 points

    Points - higher is better

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