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

Core i7-10510U vs Core i5-3550S specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10510U beats the Core i5-3550S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3550S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10510U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3550S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 i5-3550S CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.