Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Core i5-2520M vs Core i7-3517U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3517U is faster than the Core i5-2520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. Also, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3517U outputs less heat than Core i5-2520M thanks to a significantly 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.