Intel Core i3-3130M vs Intel Core i5-2450M

Core i3-3130M vs Core i5-2450M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2450M performs better than the Core i3-3130M. Despite this, the Core i3-3130M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3130M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2450M. 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.