Intel Core i3-4330 vs Intel Core i7-3635QM

Core i3-4330 vs Core i7-3635QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3635QM performs better than the Core i3-4330. Despite this, the Core i3-4330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4330 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4330. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4330 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. The Core i7-3635QM outputs less heat than Core i3-4330 thanks to a slightly 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 i3-4330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.