Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i3-1125G4

Core i5-7300U vs Core i3-1125G4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1125G4 beats the Core i5-7300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1125G4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7300U. Indeed, the Core i3-1125G4 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-7300U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300U. A Core i5-7300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1125G4 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.