i3-380UM vs V-Series V120

Place in the ranking	3131	2915
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD V-Series	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	1.02	2.47
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	4
Base clock speed	no data	1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	0.03 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	3200 MHz	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	10
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	3 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	81+114 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	382+177 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	S1	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

V-Series V120 0.27

i3-380UM 0.47
+74.1%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

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.

V-Series V120 1874
+24.8%

i3-380UM 1502

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

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.

V-Series V120 1874

i3-380UM 3471
+85.2%

3DMark06 CPU

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.

V-Series V120 953

i3-380UM 1463
+53.6%

wPrime 32

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.

V-Series V120 69.3

i3-380UM 40.53
+71%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

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.

V-Series V120 1

i3-380UM 1
+91.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.27	0.47
Recency	12 May 2010	1 October 2010
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	18 Watt

i3-380UM has a 74.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-380UM is our recommended choice as it beats the V-Series V120 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between V-Series V120 and Core i3-380UM, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.