Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i3-5010U vs Core 2 Duo E7500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Duo E7500 is faster than the Core i3-5010U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5010U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-5010U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5010U. A Core i3-5010U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E7500 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-5010U

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 i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.