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    Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Pentium 2020M

    Intel Core i3-3217U
    Intel BGA1023MOBILE
    1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
    Intel Core i3-3217U
    Intel Pentium 2020M
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Pentium 2020M

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      114%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      122%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      110%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3217U

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2020M

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    10% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 14% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Pentium 2020M

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2020M

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2020M
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    SSE4.1
    Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
    XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
    Intel VT-x
    Smart Cache.

    Architecture

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2020M
    ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketMobilevsMobile
    Memory SupportunknownvsDDR3
    CodenameIvy BridgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateJun 2012vsSep 2012

    Cores

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2020M
    Cores2vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD

    Cache

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel 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 i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2020M
    SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFC-BGA12FvsFC-PGA12F
    Die Size118mm²vs118mm²
    Process22 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2020M
    Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs2400 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP17 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1854 points
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      2472 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      4449 points
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      4944 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      2229
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      2449

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      2476.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      3299

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      5393.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      6312

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.75
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.98

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1.78
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1.92

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      63.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M (simulated)
      74.09

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      152
    • Intel Pentium 2020M (simulated)
      260.8

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      21.14
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      16.74

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      30.76
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      31.53

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1866.5
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      1388

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      56.2
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      61.29

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      10.25
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      11

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.18
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.2

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.16
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.15

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      0.09
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      0.1

    GB/s

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