Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

Core i5-3550 vs Core i7-3632QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3632QM beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3550 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3632QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3632QM. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3632QM outputs less heat than Core i5-3550 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 i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.