Place in performance rating | 2291 | not rated |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Intel Core i3 | AMD E-Series |
Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge [2012−2013] | Kabini [2013−2014] |
Release date | 3 June 2012 [10 years ago] | 23 May 2013 [9 years ago] |
Launch price [MSRP] | $225 | no data |
Current price | $560 [2.5x MSRP] | $172 |
Technical specs
Core i3-3217U and E1-2100 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Physical cores | 2 [Dual-core] | 2 [Dual-core] |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 1.8 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1 GHz |
L1 cache | 64K [per core] | no data |
L2 cache | 256K [per core] | 1024 KB |
L3 cache | 3 MB [shared] | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 28 nm |
Die size | 118 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
Maximum case temperature [TCase] | no data | 90 °C |
Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-3217U and E1-2100 compatibility with other computer components: 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 | 1 |
Socket | FCBGA1023 | FT3 |
Thermal design power [TDP] | 17 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-3217U and E1-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | 86x SSE [1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A],-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1333 |
AES-NI | - | + |
FMA | no data | FMA4 |
AVX | + | + |
PowerTune | no data | - |
TrueAudio | no data | - |
PowerNow | no data | + |
PowerGating | no data | + |
Out-of-band client management | no data | - |
VirusProtect | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep [EIST] | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep [EIST] | + | no data |
My WiFi | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
FDI | + | no data |
Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Core i3-3217U and E1-2100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Identity Protection | + | no data |
Anti-Theft | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-3217U and E1-2100 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | no data | + |
VT-d | - | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
IOMMU 2.0 | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-3217U and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Quick Sync Video | + | - |
Clear Video HD | + | - |
Graphics max frequency | 1.05 GHz | - |
InTru 3D | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-3217U and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 3 | - |
eDP | + | - |
SDVO | + | - |
CRT | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-3217U and E1-2100.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
- Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
- 3DMark06 CPU
- wPrime 32
- Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
- Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
- Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
- Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
- TrueCrypt AES
- WinRAR 4.0
- x264 encoding pass 2
- x264 encoding pass 1
- Geekbench 2
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: 69%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core [sometimes called Multi-Thread] is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Cinebench R15 [standing for Release 15] is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version [sometimes called Single-Thread] only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 12%
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
Benchmark coverage: 12%
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD [720p] video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Benchmark coverage: 12%
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 3 June 2012 | 23 May 2013 |
Boost clock speed | 1800 | 1000 |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 28 nm |
Thermal design power [TDP] | 17 Watt | 9 Watt |
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