Intel Core i3-3120M vs AMD 3015e. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M AMD 3000e
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - AMD 3000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 1.6 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 2.3 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  16 3
• Generation
  7 8
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2018
• Shader
  128 192
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 3

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD 3015e and Intel Core i3-3120M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 1600

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD 3015e Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 6 W
• Default TDP
  - 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD 3015e, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Dali (Zen)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 2020-07-06
• Socket
  PGA 988 FT5
• Technology
  22 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Pollock
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - AM3015BRP2OFJ
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit