Intel Core i3-2310M vs Intel Core i3-3217U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

855 points
26% slightly better overall score
678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1591 points
18% slightly better gaming score
1344 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

651 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
505 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

625 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
490 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

11.73 points
64% significantly higher Blender score
7.15 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

658 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
605 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

324 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
295 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

654 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
616 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

324 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
293 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
17 W
105% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

992nd of 1,089
1,038th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-2310M vs Core i3-3217U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3217U performs better than the Core i3-2310M. 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 and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2310M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. The Core i3-3217U outputs less heat than Core i3-2310M thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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