Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i7-10510U vs Core i5-3230M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10510U beats the Core i5-3230M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10510U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3230M. Indeed, the Core i7-10510U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3230M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3230M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M 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 i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.