Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Core i5-7400 vs Core i3-3220 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7400 is faster than the Core i3-3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-7400 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3220 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7400. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than Core i5-7400 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-7400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.