Intel Core i7-6650U vs Intel Core i5-3320M

Core i7-6650U vs Core i5-3320M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3320M beats the Core i7-6650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3320M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U. Despite this, the Core i7-6650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3320M CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.