Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Core i3-10100 vs Core i7-4980HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100 beats the Core i7-4980HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4980HQ outputs less heat than Core i3-10100 thanks to a slightly 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 i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.