Intel Core i3-7130U vs Intel Core i5-3317U

Core i3-7130U vs Core i5-3317U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3317U beats the Core i3-7130U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7130U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7130U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3317U. A Core i3-7130U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3317U 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 i3-7130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.