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Is the Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: PGA988
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz, Intel Core i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013
CPUmark/$Price: 25.64
Overall Rank:
2868th fastest in multithreading out of 5104 CPUs
2281st fastest in single threading out of 5104 CPUs
669th fastest in out of 1484 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $99.99 USD (2023-04-14)
| Integer Math | 8,841 MOps/Sec |
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| Floating Point Math | 4,501 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 13 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,520 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 708.2 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 40,293 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 248 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,722 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,574 MOps/Sec |
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Dell Latitude E6430s i5-3340M 14" Notebook PC - 469-4337 |
$161.96 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,131 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,877 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,124 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,302 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,780 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,692 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,722 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,602 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 2,564 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.95 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.07 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 25.64 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.17 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,051 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,030 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,922 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,655 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,638 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,602 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,411 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 1,574 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2577580 - Apr 24 2025 | 2837 | |
| BL2576132 - Apr 23 2025 | 2499 | |
| BL2573552 - Apr 22 2025 | 2878 | |
| BL2573311 - Apr 22 2025 | 2868 | |
| BL2571219 - Apr 21 2025 | 2770 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 2,564 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,061 (-19.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4200M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,810 (+9.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3340M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,698 (+5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3540M @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,978 (+16.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,843 (+10.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4210M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,899 (+13.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,463 (-3.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,430 (-5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3360M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,876 (+12.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 2,362 (-7.9%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 1,939 (-24.4%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3230M | 1,669 (-34.9%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,718 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,195 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | 8,185 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,993 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 7,866 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 7,221 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,068 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 7,040 | |
| Intel Core 7 250H | 6,905 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,800 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,798 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,784 | |
| Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz | 390 |
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