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Intel®

Core™ i7-3520M

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 47.3% (867th of 1441)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000306A9 Model: Intel® Core™ i7-3520M @ 3.60GHz
Poor: 33%Average: 47.3% Great: 55%
Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Below average average bench

The Intel® Core™ i7-3520M averaged 52.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 73.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 61Pts

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 179Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 191Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 86747.3%
Min Avg Max
61.4 Memory 73.4 84.7
43.7 1-Core 61 79.8
77.7 2-Core 106 137
50.3% 80 Pts
Min Avg Max
28.7 4-Core 121 195
169 8-Core 191 210
19.2% 156 Pts
Min Avg Max
130 64-Core 179 208
11.1% 179 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
55.1% Above average
Memory 84.7
1-Core 59.6
2-Core 102
53% 82.2 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 210
22% 175 Pts
64-Core 208
13% 208 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
53.7% Above average
Memory 74.1
1-Core 79.8
2-Core 137
58% 96.8 Pts
4-Core 195
8-Core 195
26% 195 Pts
64-Core 199
12% 199 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
33.2% Below average
Memory 61.4
1-Core 43.7
2-Core 77.7
39% 60.9 Pts
4-Core 28.7
8-Core 169
10% 98.8 Pts
64-Core 130
8% 130 Pts

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