Intel Core i5-3380M vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Core i5-3380M vs Core i7-2630QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the Core i5-3380M. Despite this, the Core i5-3380M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-3380M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3380M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3380M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i5-3380M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3380M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2630QM CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-3380M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.