Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Core i5-3210M vs Core i7-3520M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3520M 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3210M. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.