i3-8120 vs E1-2100

Primary details

Comparing E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD E-Series	Intel Core i3
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	1 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	246 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FT3	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2100 and Core i3-8120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2100 and Core i3-8120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8210	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2100 and Core i3-8120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2100 and Core i3-8120.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 May 2013	1 September 2018
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	51 Watt

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