Intel Core i7-3537U vs Intel Core i3-5010U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

830 points
908 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1588 points
1699 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

626 points
690 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

600 points
663 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

10.36 points
12.60 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

874 points
1335 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points
650 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

968 points
1338 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

484 points
659 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.00 GHz
2.1 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W
15 W
13% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
0.5 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
3 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

996th of 1,089
980th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
5th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3537U vs Core i3-5010U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3537U is faster than the Core i3-5010U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5010U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-5010U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3537U. The Core i3-5010U outputs less heat than Core i7-3537U thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 i3-5010U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3537U. Despite this, the Core i7-3537U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-5010U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3537U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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