Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

Acer Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320 vs ASUS BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130

101specifications compared
31differ
70identical
34known for one product only

Key differences

Processor family
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:Intel® Core™ i5
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:Intel® Core™ i3
Processor generation
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:2nd gen Intel® Core™ i5
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:2nd gen Intel® Core™ i3
Processor model
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:i5-2320
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:i3-2130
Processor cores
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:4
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:2
Processor frequency
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:3 GHz
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:3.4 GHz
Processor cache
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:6 MB
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:95 W
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:65 W
Tcase
- Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320:72.6 °C
- BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130:69.1 °C

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Comparison of 3970, 6230-I321302477
135 specifications	A Acer Aspire 3970 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-2320 Model 3970 View product	B ASUS BP 6230-I321302477 Intel® Core™ i3 i3-2130 Model 6230-I321302477 View product
Processor10 differ
Processor familyDiffers	Intel® Core™ i5	Intel® Core™ i3
Processor generationDiffers	2nd gen Intel® Core™ i5	2nd gen Intel® Core™ i3
Processor modelDiffers	i5-2320	i3-2130
Processor coresDiffers	4	2
Processor frequencyDiffers	3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers	6 MB	3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs	95 W	65 W
TcaseDiffers	72.6 °C	69.1 °C
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)Differs	30	34
SteppingDiffers	D2	Q0
Processor boost frequencyKnown for one	3.3 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
ECC supported by processorKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	4 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x 4 GB
Memory slotsDiffers	4x DIMM	2x DIMM
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	16 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one	1333 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage3 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD Super Multi	DVD-RW
Storage mediaKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
HDD interfaceDiffers	SATA II	SATA
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
Graphicsidentical
Discrete graphics card modelKnown for one	AMD Radeon HD 7470	Unknown — not stated by the source
Discrete graphics card memoryKnown for one	2 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of discrete graphics cardsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics card familyKnown for one	ATI, Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H67 Express	Intel® H61 Express
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Networkidentical
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	12	8
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Line-outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Line-inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DVI portDiffers	No	Yes
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	0	2
Serial ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
Number of 3.5" baysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers	300 W	250 W
Designidentical
Placement supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vertical
Number of 5.25" baysKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Cable lock slotKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Cable lock slot typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Kensington
Cooling typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Active
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffers	Windows 7 Home Premium	Windows 8 Pro
Operating system architectureKnown for one	64-bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor special features5 differ
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)Differs	Yes	No
Processor ARK IDDiffers	53446	53428
Processor codeDiffers	SR02L	SR05W
Intel® Turbo Boost TechnologyDiffers	2.0	No
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)Differs	No	Yes
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	180 mm	92 mm
DepthDiffers	402 mm	390 mm
HeightDiffers	379 mm	330 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	238 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	575 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	430 mm
Sustainabilityidentical
Sustainability certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ENERGY STAR
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	BSMI, CB, CE, FCC, UL, CCC, C-Tick

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