Intel Core i5-4200M vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Core i5-4200M vs Core i7-3520M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3520M is faster than the Core i5-4200M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number 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 i5-4200M. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3520M outputs less heat than Core i5-4200M thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4200M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.