Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Core i5-6200U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1126.00
$ 322.00 slightly less expensive
$ 1448.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points
1045 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points
2029 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points
783 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points
751 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points
20.78 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1333 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

726 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
558 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

2.3 GHz
Identical
2.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
Identical
12

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

948th of 1,089
935th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-7020U vs Core i5-6200U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6200U is faster than the Core i3-7020U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Core i3-7020U and Core i5-6200U have the same clock speed. 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.

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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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