Intel Core i5-3320M vs Intel Core i7-4610M

Core i5-3320M vs Core i7-4610M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3320M beats the Core i7-4610M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4610M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-4610M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3320M. Also, the Core i7-4610M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3320M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4610M CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-3320M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.