Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Core i5-3210M vs Core i7-4600U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600U beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600U. Despite this, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600U outputs less heat than Core i5-3210M 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 i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.