Intel Core i5-10210Y vs Intel Core i3-2120

Intel Core i5-10210Y
Intel BGA1440MOBILE
1000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2019
Intel Core i5-10210Y
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2120

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-10210Y

56 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2120

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i5-10210Y

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-10210Y

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

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameComet Lake-YvsSandy Bridge
Release DateAug 2019vsFeb 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD GraphicsvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6MB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
SocketIntel BGA1440vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA1440vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs131mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-10210YIntel Core i3-2120
Cpu Frequency1000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP9 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10210Y
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    3300 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10210Y
    5760 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    7920 points

Points - higher is better