Intel Core i3-2310M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i3-2310M vs Core 2 Duo E7500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Duo E7500 beats the Core i3-2310M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2310M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-2310M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2310M. A Core i3-2310M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-2310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.