Intel Core i5-4210H vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Core i5-4210H vs Core i7-3520M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4210H performs better than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M 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. Both the Core i5-4210H and Core i7-3520M have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3520M outputs less heat than Core i5-4210H 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 i5-4210H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.