Intel Core i3-3130M vs Intel Core i7 M 620

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

992 points
41% slightly better overall score
703 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1988 points
40% slightly better gaming score
1418 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

733 points
41% slightly better multitasking score
517 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

703 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
496 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.67 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

953rd of 1,089
1,028th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-3130M vs Core i7 M 620 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3130M performs better than the Core i7 M 620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 M 620 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7 M 620 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3130M.

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 i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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