Intel Core i5-3450 vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Core i5-3450 vs Core i7-2820QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3450 is faster than the Core i7-2820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2820QM outputs less heat than Core i5-3450 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-3450 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.