Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Core i5-6300U vs Core i7-3520M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3520M beats the Core i5-6300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount 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 i5-6300U. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3520M 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 i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.