Intel Core i7-3517U vs Intel Pentium G3220T

Core i7-3517U vs Pentium G3220T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G3220T beats the Core i7-3517U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3517U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3517U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G3220T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. A Core i7-3517U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3220T 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 i7-3517U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.