Intel Core i3-530 vs Intel Pentium E5200

Core i3-530 vs Pentium E5200 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-530 is faster than the Pentium E5200. Despite this, the Pentium E5200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-530 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-530 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium E5200. The Pentium E5200 outputs less heat than Core i3-530 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 i3-530 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.