Intel Core i7-3537U vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 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
1256 points
51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1588 points
2477 points
55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

626 points
934 points
49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

600 points
895 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

10.36 points
19.75 points
90% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

874 points
1134 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points
554 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

968 points
1158 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

484 points
570 points
17% 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
2.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W
105% significantly lower TDP
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

996th of 1,089
881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-3537U vs Core i7-3520M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3520M is faster than the Core i7-3537U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3537U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3520M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3537U. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3537U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3520M 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 i7-3537U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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