Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i5-3550

Core i7-10510U vs Core i5-3550 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10510U beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10510U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.