Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

Core i5-4310U vs Core 2 Duo E7500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4310U beats the Core 2 Duo E7500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E7500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-4310U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Duo E7500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4310U. A Core i5-4310U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.