Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i7-930

Core i5-3210M vs Core i7-930 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-930 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-930 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3210M. Despite this, the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.