Intel Core i3-4150T vs Intel Core i7-3520M

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

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Price

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$ 219.95
$ 108.02
$ 111.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1230 points
1256 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2350 points
2477 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

927 points
934 points
0.76% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

890 points
895 points
0.56% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1487 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1134 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

667 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
554 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1767 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1158 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

890 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
570 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

893rd of 1,089
881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4150T vs Core i7-3520M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4150T is faster than the Core i7-3520M. Despite this, the Core i7-3520M 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4150T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i3-4150T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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