Intel Core i7-10710U vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i7-10710U vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1215U is faster than the Core i7-10710U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10710U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10710U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10710U. Despite this, the Core i7-10710U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1215U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10710U. Despite this, the Core i7-10710U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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 i7-10710U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.