Processor Intel Core i7-3520M, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i7-3520M

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i7-3520M Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  3.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.25 GHz
• Execution units
  16
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  11.0
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H
• Technology
  22 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1023
• Release date
  Q2/2012
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Intel Core i7-3520M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
  451 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  868 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1131 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1120 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  283 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  468 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  893 place