Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Core i5-3210M vs Core i7-4710HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4710HQ 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4710HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3210M. Indeed, the Core i7-4710HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3210M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-3210M and Core i7-4710HQ are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4710HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.