Intel Core i3-4120U: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
Intel started Core i3-4120U sales 14 April 2014 at a recommended price of $281. This is a Haswell architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1168 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.27% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
General info
Core i3-4120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2167 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Core i3 | |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | |
| Release date | 14 April 2014 (10 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $281 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
Technical specs
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 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 36864 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-4120U 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i3-4120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| GPIO | + | |
| Smart Connect | + | |
| FDI | - | |
| AMT | 9.5 | |
| Matrix Storage | - | |
| Status | Discontinued | |
| HD Audio | + | |
| RST | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Identity Protection | + | |
| Anti-Theft | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + | |
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-4120U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i3-4120U.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 4400 | |
| Max video memory | 2 GB | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Clear Video HD | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | |
| InTru 3D | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-4120U's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-4120U's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 3200x2000@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 3200x2000@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i3-4120U's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.2/12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| PCI support | - | |
| USB revision | 3.0 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 4 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 4 | |
| Integrated IDE | - | |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | |
| Integrated LAN | - | |
| UART | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i3-4120U. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Core i3-4120U performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i3-4120U is A10-4600M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 13 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i3-4120U, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i3-4120U in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 50 configurations based on Core i3-4120U in our database.
