Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1153 points

8% slightly better overall score

1067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2228 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

867 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

796 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

833 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

764 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.58 points

284% significantly higher Blender score

6.39 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

2.6 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

910th of 1,089

930th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7300U vs Core i7-3517U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3517U 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. Also, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300U 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 i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.