Intel Core i5-3317U vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

967 points

2% slightly better overall score

947 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1993 points

4% slightly better gaming score

1902 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

707 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

699 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

678 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

670 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

10.66 points

0.88% slightly higher Blender score

10.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz

2.67 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

960th of 1,089

968th of 1,089

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3317U vs Core i5 M 560 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5 M 560 is faster than the Core i5-3317U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3317U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5 M 560 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3317U.

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 i5-3317U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.