Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Core i3-4010U

Core i3-3217U vs Core i3-4010U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4010U performs better than the Core i3-3217U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3217U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3217U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-4010U. The Core i3-4010U 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.

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 i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.