AMD C-60 vs Intel Core i3-3120M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD C Intel Core i 3000M
• Family
  AMD C Intel Core i3
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.33 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1.33 GHz No turbo

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 11.0
• Execution units
  1 16
• Generation
  3 7
• GPU Frequency
  280 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6290 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  400 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q1/2011
• Shader
  80 128
• Technology
  40 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD C-60. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD C-60 and Intel Core i3-3120M 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  9 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD C-60 and Intel Core i3-3120M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Ivy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q3/2012
• Socket
  BGA 413 PGA 988
• Technology
  40 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d