Intel Core i3-3110M vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i3-3110M vs Core i7-2670QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2670QM performs better than the Core i3-3110M. Despite this, the Core i3-3110M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3110M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3110M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-3110M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2670QM. A Core i3-3110M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2670QM CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-3110M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.