Intel Core i3-4340 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i3-4340 vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4340 performs better than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4340 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4340. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4340 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Core i3-4340 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-4340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.