Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Core i3-4005U

Core i3-3217U vs Core i3-4005U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3217U is faster than the Core i3-4005U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4005U 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 i3-3217U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4005U. The Core i3-4005U outputs less heat than Core i3-3217U thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.