Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Core i5-7300U

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points

1153 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points

2228 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points

867 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points

833 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points

24.58 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

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

2.6 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

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

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

910th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-7020U vs Core i5-7300U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7300U beats the Core i3-7020U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-7020U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-7300U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7020U. 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.