Core i7-3720QM vs Core i5-6500TE specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3720QM beats the Core i5-6500TE in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3720QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-3720QM thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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