Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Core i5-650

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

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Intel Core i5-650

Price

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$ 1126.00

$ 66.40

$ 1059.60 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points

1013 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points

2051 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points

747 points

0.95% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points

716 points

0.85% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

15.60 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

908 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

726 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1491 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

943 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

734 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

386% significantly lower TDP

73 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

38 GiB

18% slightly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

948th of 1,089

943rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-7020U vs Core i5-650 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-7020U performs better than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7020U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its significantly 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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.