Intel Core i5-3450 vs Intel Core i7-2960XM

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3450 and Intel Core i7-2960XM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

719Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score671
2357Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2353
4473PassMark CPU Mark Rating4423
1884PassMark Single Thread Rating1491
26623DMark Time Spy Physics Score2855

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3450ProcessorIntel Core i7-2960XM
3100 MHzFrequency2700 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
77 WTDP55 W
Intel HD Graphics 2500GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Ivy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
FCLGA1155PackageSocket 988B rPGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

694Single-Core Score688
2529Multi-Core Score2531
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.ModelDell Inc. Precision M6600
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z77M-D3HMotherboardDell Inc. 04YY4M
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3450NameIntel Core i7-2960XM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.13 GHzBase Frequency2.69 GHz
3530 MHzMaximum Frequency3.69 GHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA
Ivy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize24.00 GB
807 MHzFrequency798 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

694Single-Core Score688
818Crypto Score722
682Integer Score662
698Floating Point Score 737
818
1.40 GB/sec
AES-XTS722
1.23 GB/sec
807
4.08 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)749
3.79 MB/sec
808
38.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression744
35.2 Mpixels/sec
682
1.92 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)706
1.99 MTE/sec
604
708.7 KElements/sec
HTML5604
709.4 KElements/sec
614
192.4 Krows/sec
SQLite609
190.8 Krows/sec
686
37.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering662
35.9 Mpixels/sec
676
215.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering658
209.8 KB/sec
620
4.83 Klines/sec
Clang625
4.87 Klines/sec
673
7.80 images/sec
Camera622
7.21 images/sec
465
581.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics694
868.7 Kpairs/sec
690
4276.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics699
4332.5 FPS
606
33.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur562
30.9 Mpixels/sec
693
5.34 images/sec
Face Detection701
5.40 images/sec
691
17.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection712
17.5 Mpixels/sec
1007
49.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1189
58.3 Mpixels/sec
1235
16.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1226
16.7 Mpixels/sec
777
623.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing812
652.2 Kpixels/sec
504
4.52 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion495
4.44 Kpixels/sec
757
24.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition807
25.8 Words/sec
557
21.5 images/sec
Machine Learning542
20.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2529Multi-Core Score2531
3059Crypto Score3293
2409Integer Score2491
2699Floating Point Score 2489
3059
5.21 GB/sec
AES-XTS3293
5.61 GB/sec
2596
13.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3392
17.2 MB/sec
2867
135.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3023
143.0 Mpixels/sec
1905
5.37 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2174
6.13 MTE/sec
2244
2.63 MElements/sec
HTML52542
2.98 MElements/sec
2245
703.3 Krows/sec
SQLite2673
837.3 Krows/sec
2547
138.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2704
146.8 Mpixels/sec
2412
768.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering2316
737.9 KB/sec
2491
19.4 Klines/sec
Clang2206
17.2 Klines/sec
2497
28.9 images/sec
Camera1766
20.5 images/sec
2507
3.14 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2074
2.59 Mpairs/sec
2881
17849.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2962
18352.6 FPS
2806
154.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2204
121.2 Mpixels/sec
2727
21.0 images/sec
Face Detection2567
19.8 images/sec
2786
68.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2687
66.2 Mpixels/sec
4042
198.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3880
190.4 Mpixels/sec
4797
65.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4152
56.6 Mpixels/sec
3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3455
2.77 Mpixels/sec
1941
17.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1675
15.0 Kpixels/sec
1940
62.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2137
68.3 Words/sec
1450
56.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1222
47.2 images/sec