Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Core i5-650

Core i5-3230M vs Core i5-650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3230M is faster than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3230M. Also, the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3230M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-3230M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.