Intel Core i7-7600U vs Intel Core i5-3320M

Core i7-7600U vs Core i5-3320M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7600U beats the Core i5-3320M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3320M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3320M. Also, the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7600U 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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.