Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

Core i5-2410M vs Core i7-3632QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3632QM beats the Core i5-2410M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2410M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3632QM has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2410M. Indeed, the Core i7-3632QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-2410M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2410M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2410M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3632QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3632QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.