Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Core i5-3337U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 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

1014 points
7% slightly better overall score
946 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1935 points
3% slightly better gaming score
1866 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

766 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
706 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

735 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
677 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

6.58 points
10.10 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

905 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
814 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

466 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
394 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

871 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
808 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
17 W
105% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

942nd of 1,089
970th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-2450M vs Core i5-3337U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2450M is faster than the Core i5-3337U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3337U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2450M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3337U. Also, the Core i5-2450M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3337U 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.

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 i5-2450M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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