Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Core i5-1235U vs Core i7-3940XM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1235U beats the Core i7-3940XM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3940XM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-3940XM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3940XM. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3940XM has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3940XM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3940XM. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.