Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i5-3210M vs Core i9-14900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i5-3210M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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.