Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Core i3-7100 vs Core i7-4720HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Core i3-7100. Despite this, the Core i3-7100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-7100 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. The Core i7-4720HQ outputs less heat than Core i3-7100 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-7100. The Core i7-4720HQ also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.