Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i5-2300

Core i7-10610U vs Core i5-2300 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10610U beats the Core i5-2300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-10610U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10610U. Despite this, the Core i7-10610U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10610U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2300 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 i7-10610U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.