Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Core i3-2120. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i3
• Generation
  8 2
• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 Intel Core i 2000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.24 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 400 Intel HD Graphics 2000
• GPU frequency
  0.32 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.64 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  12 6
• Shader
  96 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 6
• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2011

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-2120 and Intel Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  4 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Core i3-2120 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Celeron N3160, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Braswell Sandy Bridge S
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1170 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q1/2011