Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Core i5-1335U

Core i5-3230M vs Core i5-1335U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1335U beats the Core i5-3230M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1335U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-3230M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3230M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1335U. Despite this, the Core i5-1335U has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-3230M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.