Intel Core i7-3940XM vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i7-3940XM vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 120U is faster than the Core i7-3940XM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3940XM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3940XM. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3940XM. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3940XM. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3940XM has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. The Core 5 120U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-3940XM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.