Intel Core i3-3120M vs AMD A10-8700P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M AMD A10-8000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD A
• Generation
  3 5
• 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
  2.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.2 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 6
• Generation
  7 6
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2015
• Shader
  128 384
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-8700P and Intel Core i3-3120M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3-2133
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD A10-8700P 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W -
• TDP down
  - 35 W
• TDP up
  - 12 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD A10-8700P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Carizzo (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2015
• Socket
  PGA 988 AM1
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V