Intel Core i3 2100

"The Intel Core i3 2100 type Sandy Bridge is a Socket 1155 LGA Processor operating at 3100Mhz, has a Front Side Bus speed of 200Mhz, 2x256K L2 Cache and 3MB L3 Cache. The Intel Core I3 2100 supports MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-X and AVX."

"The Intel Core i3 2100 gives good performance against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 with the software we used for benchmarking. Using general pc use the Intel Core i3 2100 was 15% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. Using games the Intel Core i3 2100 was 24% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 for a good result. However you will pay over 34% more for the Intel Core i3 2100 compared to the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and the difference in performance was at most only 24%. The Intel Core i3 2100 is just a dual core processor with hyper threading technology but it's performance is very good for a dual core processor."