Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Core i3-1005G1 vs Core i7-4900MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1005G1 beats the Core i7-4900MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4900MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4900MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-1005G1 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4900MQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1005G1 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-4900MQ has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1005G1. The Core i7-4900MQ also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.