Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i5-3210M vs Core 2 Duo E7500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3210M is faster than the Core 2 Duo E7500. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E7500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-3210M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3210M. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its 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 i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.