Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3940XM

Price

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$ 73.80

$ 270.24 significantly less expensive

$ 344.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2458 points

0.78% slightly better overall score

2439 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4565 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3946 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1872 points

1992 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1797 points

1913 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.70 points

48.88 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3409 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2994 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1243 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

793 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2039 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1283 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

644 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

637th of 1,089

638th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7500 vs Core i7-3940XM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3940XM is faster than the Core i5-7500. Despite this, the Core i5-7500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3940XM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3940XM outputs less heat than Core i5-7500 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-7500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-7500.

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. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.