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Core i3-2120 vs ARM M1


Description
The i3-2120 is based on Sandy Bridge architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-2120 gets a score of 51.2 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.8 times faster than the i3-2120 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
206a7
f4a
Core
Sandy Bridge
-
Architecture
Sandy Bridge
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
-
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/4
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
- kB
Date
February 2012
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
24.23k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
53.48k points
142.32k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i3-2120
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
9.82k
9.46k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
7.9k
24.42k (x3.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.98k
3.76k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.95k
3.8k (x1.29)
TOTAL
24.64k
41.44k (x1.68)

Multithread

i3-2120

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
20.46k
34.73k (x1.7)
Test#2 (FP)
17.77k
87.52k (x4.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.03k
13.74k (x1.37)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.94k
6.34k (x2.15)
TOTAL
51.21k
142.32k (x2.78)

Performance/W
i3-2120
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
315 points/W