Intel Core i5-2320 vs Intel Core i7-975

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

1844 points

1889 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3371 points

11% slightly better gaming score

3014 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1414 points

1556 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1357 points

1494 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1527 points

2411 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

530 points

596 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1550 points

1859 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

538 points

Identical

538 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.33 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

36% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

751st of 1,089

742nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August

2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2320 vs Core i7-975 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-975 is faster than the Core i5-2320. Despite this, the Core i5-2320 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-975 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2320. Also, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2320 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2320 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.