Intel Core i5-3320M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i5-3320M vs Core 2 Duo E7500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3320M is faster than the Core 2 Duo E7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E7500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-3320M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3320M. A Core i5-3320M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E7500 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-3320M

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 i5-3320M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.