Intel Core i3-4340 vs Intel Core i7-975

Core i3-4340 vs Core i7-975 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-975 performs better than the Core i3-4340. Despite this, the Core i3-4340 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-975 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4340 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-975. A Core i3-4340 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its significantly 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 i3-4340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.