Core i3-2310E: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core i3-2310E provides poor benchmark performance at 1.16% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Core i3-2310E sales 1 February 2011 at a recommended price of $225. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.1 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA1023 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Core i3-2310E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2380 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Core i3 | |
| Power efficiency | 3.14 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (13 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $225 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 21 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 149 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 624 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-2310E compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | Intel BGA1023 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2310E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-2310E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i3-2310E.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i3-2310E. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i3-2310E is A8-5550M, which is faster by 2% and higher by 11 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i3-2310E, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i3-2310E in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 58 configurations using Core i3-2310E in our database.
