Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i3-3130M

Core i5-7300U vs Core i3-3130M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7300U performs better than the Core i3-3130M. Despite this, the Core i3-3130M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-7300U and Core i3-3130M are identical in this regard. A Core i5-7300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-3130M 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 i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.