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

Core i3-10100F vs Core i7-4980HQ benchmarks

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4980HQ outputs less heat than Core i3-10100F 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 i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.