Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Core i7-3517U vs Core i5 M 560 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3517U beats the Core i5 M 560 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 560 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5 M 560 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3517U.

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 i7-3517U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.