Intel Core i3-4005U vs Intel Pentium B940

Core i3-4005U vs Pentium B940 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4005U beats the Pentium B940 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium B940 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-4005U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium B940 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4005U. A Core i3-4005U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium B940 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-4005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.