Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Core i7-3517U

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1109 points

3% slightly better overall score

1067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2153 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

833 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

796 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

800 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

764 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-4310U and the Core i7-3517U? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.18 points

168% significantly higher Blender score

6.39 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1440 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

915 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

765 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1574 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

915 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

450 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 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

Identical

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

13% slightly lower TDP

17 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

921st of 1,089

930th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February

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 i5-4310U vs Core i7-3517U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4310U is faster than the Core i7-3517U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3517U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4310U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3517U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-4310U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3517U CPU because of its 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 i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.