Intel Core i3-3130M vs Intel Core i5-2520M

Core i3-3130M vs Core i5-2520M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3130M beats the Core i5-2520M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3130M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2520M. 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.

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 i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.