Intel Core i5-4300M vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3520M

Price

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$ 469.00

$ 108.02

$ 360.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1314 points

4% slightly better overall score

1256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2638 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2477 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

972 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

934 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

937 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

895 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.96 points

19.75 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1708 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1134 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

844 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1842 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1158 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

949 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

570 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

2.9 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

35 W

5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

867th of 1,089

881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4300M vs Core i7-3520M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4300M 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300M. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3520M outputs less heat than Core i5-4300M thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4300M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.