Intel Core i3-4000M vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

915 points

947 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1829 points

1902 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

674 points

699 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

646 points

670 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i3-4000M and the Core i5 M 560? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.93 points

88% significantly higher Blender score

10.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.67 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

977th of 1,089

968th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-4000M vs Core i5 M 560 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5 M 560 beats the Core i3-4000M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4000M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 560 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4000M.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.