Intel Core i5-3340M vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1242 points

1256 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2524 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2477 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

914 points

934 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

877 points

895 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.39 points

19.75 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1118 points

1134 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

554 points

Identical

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1053 points

1158 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

525 points

570 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.9 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

888th of 1,089

881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3340M vs Core i7-3520M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3520M beats the Core i5-3340M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3340M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3340M. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-3340M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.