Intel Core i3-3130M vs Intel Core i5-3317U

Core i3-3130M vs Core i5-3317U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3130M beats the Core i5-3317U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3317U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3130M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3317U. The Core i5-3317U outputs less heat than Core i3-3130M 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 i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.