Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Core i5-3210M vs Core i5-1245U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1245U is faster than the Core i5-3210M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1245U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U.

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 i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.