Intel Core i5-3320M vs Intel Core i7-4500U

Core i5-3320M vs Core i7-4500U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3320M is faster than the Core i7-4500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3320M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4500U. Also, the Core i5-3320M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4500U outputs less heat than Core i5-3320M thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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