Intel Core i3-2370M vs Intel Core i5-2520M

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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Intel Core i5-2520M

Price

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$ 36.99

$ 32.01 significantly less expensive

$ 69.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

974 points

979 points

0.51% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1906 points

1% slightly better gaming score

1873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

727 points

738 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

697 points

708 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

717 points

915 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

340 points

462 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

711 points

929 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

361 points

467 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

958th of 1,089

955th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-2370M vs Core i5-2520M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2520M is faster than the Core i3-2370M. Despite this, the Core i3-2370M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-2370M. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i3-2370M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.