Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Pentium 3825U

Core i3-3217U vs Pentium 3825U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3217U performs better than the Pentium 3825U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 3825U in all gaming tests too.

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 Pentium 3825U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. The Pentium 3825U 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.