Intel Core i3-4000M vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core i3-4000M vs Core i7 Q 720 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4000M beats the Core i7 Q 720 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4000M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4000M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4000M has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7 Q 720.

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 i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.