Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i5-3210M vs Core i7-4700HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700HQ performs better than the Core i5-3210M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4700HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3210M. Indeed, the Core i7-4700HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3210M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4700HQ CPU because of its slightly 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.