Intel Core i3-7020U vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Core i3-7020U vs Core i7-3517U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3517U performs better than the Core i3-7020U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7020U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3517U CPU because of its slightly 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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.