Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Core i5-3317U

Core i5-2450M vs Core i5-3317U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2450M beats the Core i5-3317U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3317U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2450M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3317U. Also, the Core i5-2450M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3317U outputs less heat than Core i5-2450M 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. Indeed, the Core i5-2450M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.