Intel Core i3-5005U vs Intel N97

Core i3-5005U vs N97 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the N97 performs better than the Core i3-5005U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5005U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the N97 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-5005U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-5005U and N97 have the same clock speed. The info from our database shows that the N97 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-5005U. The N97 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i3-5005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.