Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Pentium 4417U

Core i5-2520M vs Pentium 4417U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium 4417U performs better than the Core i5-2520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. The Pentium 4417U 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.