Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i3-5010U vs Core i7-2670QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2670QM beats the Core i3-5010U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-5010U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-5010U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-5010U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5010U. A Core i3-5010U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2670QM CPU because of its significantly 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 i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.