Intel Core i5-2320 vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

Core i5-2320 vs Core i7-3610QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2320 beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-3610QM outputs less heat than Core i5-2320 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i5-2320 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.