The Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz is newer than Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz, while Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz is around 15% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing but the CPUs have comparable single-thread rating. Both CPUs operates at simliar power levels (TDP). All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Laptop CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 5402 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
- The first section will show basic information for each CPU selected.
- The additional graphs shows the CPU Mark and Single Thread values of each CPU selected.
- An accompany graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the
CPU Mark/Thread Rating per dollar.
- The last section will show approximate yearly running costs for the CPUs.