Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Core i5-3210M vs Core i5 M 560 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3210M beats the Core i5 M 560 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 560 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 560 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3210M.

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.