Intel Core i3-2350M

The Intel Core i3-2350M is a dual core processor for laptops. It is based on the Sandy Bridge architecture and offers Hyper-threading to handle 4 threads at once (for a better usage of the pipeline). Compared to the faster Core i5, the i3 does not offer the Turbo Boost technique for the CPU part and is therefore clocked at 2.3 GHz (max). Compared to the Core i3-2310M, the 2330M offers 200 MHz more core clock rate.

Sandy Bridge is the evolutionary successor of the Arrandale architecture. The most noteable improvements are the new 256 Bit AVX instructions, the improved Turbo Boost 2.0 (not enabled for the processor part of the 2350M) and the integration of the graphics card into the 32nm CPU core.

Der i3-2350M offers an integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics 3000) which is clearly faster then the older Intel HD Graphics in the Arrandale CPUs. As the new GPU is included in the CPU, it is also manufactured in 32nm and shares the fast level 3 cache with the CPU cores (using a new ring bus). In the 2350M it is clocked from 650-1150MHz (with Turbo Boost). The faster Sandy Bridge CPUs are clocked up to 1300 MHz (like the i5-2520M).

Furthermore, an improved dual-channel DDR3 memory controller is included on the CPU die that is used by the CPU and GPU part. It supports up to 16GB DDR3-1333.

Due to the improved architecture, the average performance of the Core i3-2350M is higher than a similar clocked Arrandale Core i3 without Turbo Boost. In synthetic benchmarks, the performance is about on par with the faster clocked Core i3-390M (2.5 GHz) and therefore adequate for most applications.

The 35W TDP rating includes the integrated GPU and memory controller.

Series	Intel Core i3
Codename	Sandy Bridge
Clock Rate	2300 MHz
Level 1 Cache	128 KB
Level 2 Cache	512 KB
Level 3 Cache	3072 KB
Number of Cores / Threads	2 / 4
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	35 Watt
Transistor Count	624 Million
Manufacturing Technology	32 nm
Die Size	149 mm2
Max. Temperature	85 (PGA), 100 (BGA) °C
Socket	rPGA988B, BGA1023
Features	HD Graphics 3000, DDR3-1066/1333 Memory Controller (max 8GB), HyperThreading, AVX, Quick Sync, Virtualization
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Hardware Virtualization	VT-x
Starting Price	$225 U.S.
Announcement Date	05/15/2011
Product Link (external)	Intel Core i3 2350M

CPU Benchmarks

3DMark 06 - CPU:

100%

min: 2057 avg: 2641.1 (29.51%) max: 2791 Points

Model	Memory	GPU			Result
SV-S1311G4E	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000	2.3 / 650MHz	1696MB	2057
Satellite Pro C870-11R	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000		8.15.10.2712	2512
Easynote F4312-HR-075GE	4096 MB	Radeon HD 7670M	600 / 900MHz	1024MB DDR3-VRAM Catalyst 12.1	2640
Aspire 5750G-2354G50Mnkk	4096 MB	GeForce 610M	672 / 800MHz	1024MB Shadertakt: 1344 MHz, DDR3-VRAM ForceWare 285.64	2736
ProBook 4530s-B0Y11EA	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000	650-1150 / MHz	8.15.10.2342	2755
B43E-VO158X	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000			2757
X54HR-SO060V	4096 MB	Radeon HD 7470M	800 / 667MHz	1024MB DDR3-VRAM 8.901.0.0	2758
X301A-RX005V	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000			2764
K53SK-SX021V	4096 MB	Radeon HD 7610M	450 / 800MHz	2048MB DDR3-VRAM 8.901.0.0	2791

Cinebench R10 in comparison
Intel Atom Z670 (min)	691
...
Intel Core i5 520M	6660.8
Intel Core i7 2677M	6672
Intel Core i7 2617M	6690
Intel Core i3 2350M	6728.5
AMD Phenom II X4 N970	6810.5
Intel Core 2 Duo T9800	6839
Intel Core 2 Duo T9900	6886.3
...
Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max)	27189.5

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