Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Core m3-7Y30

Core i5-2520M vs Core m3-7Y30 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core m3-7Y30 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.

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 i5-2520M has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core m3-7Y30. Also, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-7Y30 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.

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 i5-2520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.