Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-3230M

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$ 2093.00

$ 99.99

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1350 points

24% slightly better overall score

1086 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points

25% slightly better gaming score

2128 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

812 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

780 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

17.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089

927th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7500U vs Core i5-3230M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7500U performs better than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3230M. Also, the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.