Intel Core i3-2370M vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 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

974 points
2% slightly better overall score
947 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1906 points
0.21% slightly better gaming score
1902 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

727 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
699 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

697 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
670 points

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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

2.4 GHz
2.67 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

958th of 1,089
968th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-2370M vs Core i5 M 560 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2370M beats the Core i5 M 560 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 560 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 560 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2370M.

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.

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