Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Core i7-7500U vs Core i3-1315U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1315U performs better than the Core i7-7500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1315U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7500U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7500U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.