Intel Core i3-4130 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i3-4130 vs Core i7-4712MQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4712MQ is faster than the Core i3-4130. Despite this, the Core i3-4130 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4130 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4130. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4130 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Core i3-4130 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-4130 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-4130.

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 i3-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.