Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Core i5-2520M vs Core i7-2820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2820QM beats the Core i5-2520M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2820QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-2520M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2520M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2520M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2820QM CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-2520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.