Intel Core i5-3320M vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

Core i5-3320M vs Core i7-2760QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2760QM is faster than the Core i5-3320M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3320M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2760QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-3320M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3320M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3320M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3320M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2760QM CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-3320M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.