Intel Celeron B800 vs Intel Core i3-3120M

Intel Celeron B800
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
1500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2011
Intel Celeron B800
Intel Core i3-3120M
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3120M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron B800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    176%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron B800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    162%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron B800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    186%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron B800

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3120M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 62% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 86% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-3120M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3120M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-3120M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3120M

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.
AVX
EIST
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x

Architecture

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2011vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel BGA1023
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagerPGAvsFC-BGA12F
Die Size131mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron B800Intel Core i3-3120M
Cpu Frequency1500 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron B800
    1500 points
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    2575 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron B800
    3000 points
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    6180 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Celeron B800
    1857
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    3955

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Celeron B800
    1111
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    1859

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Celeron B800
    1534
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    3057

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Celeron B800
    1910
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    3428

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Celeron B800
    3779
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    6867

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Celeron B800
    26.1
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    15.22

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Celeron B800
    47
  • Intel Core i3-3120M
    22.02

seconds - lower is better