Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i9-13900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 Intel Core i 13000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i9-12900KF
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  - 16x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 24
• CPU Threads
  4 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.20 GHz (4.30 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
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  6 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 None
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  48 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900KF and Intel Core i3-2120. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-5600
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 89.6 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-2120 and Intel Core i9-13900KF 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
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 253 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-2120 and Intel Core i9-13900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Raptor Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  - 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 36 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2022
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1700
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release price
  - 564 $