Intel Core i5-3340 vs Intel Core i7-9850HL

Core i5-3340 vs Core i7-9850HL comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9850HL performs better than the Core i5-3340. Despite this, the Core i5-3340 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3340. Indeed, the Core i7-9850HL has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3340. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3340. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3340 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850HL outputs less heat than Core i5-3340 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-3340 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.