Intel Core i3-3120M vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i3-3120M vs Core i7-2670QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2670QM is faster than the Core i3-3120M. Despite this, the Core i3-3120M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-3120M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3120M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2670QM. A Core i3-3120M 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.

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 i3-3120M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.