Intel Core i3-4150 vs Intel Core i7-3635QM

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

1432 points
0.49% slightly better overall score
1425 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2764 points
29% slightly better gaming score
2141 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1076 points
1221 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1033 points
1185 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.01 points
38.51 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1994 points
2446 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
636 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2052 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1792 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
533 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
45 W
20% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

848th of 1,118
851st of 1,118

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4150 vs Core i7-3635QM specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4150 performs better than the Core i7-3635QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4150 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4150. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4150 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. The Core i7-3635QM outputs less heat than Core i3-4150 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-4150 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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