Intel Core i3-10110U vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i3-10110U vs Core i7-4712MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4712MQ beats the Core i3-10110U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-10110U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-10110U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10110U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4712MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10110U. Despite this, the Core i3-10110U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10110U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4712MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-10110U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-10110U.

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 i3-10110U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.