Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i5-2410M vs Core i7-2670QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2410M is faster than the Core i7-2670QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2670QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-2410M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2410M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2410M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2670QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2410M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2670QM 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. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.