Intel Core i3-7130U vs Intel Core i7 M 620

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 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

976 points
38% slightly better overall score
703 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1947 points
37% slightly better gaming score
1418 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

724 points
40% slightly better multitasking score
517 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

695 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
496 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.54 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
16.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed
2.67 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

957th of 1,089
1,028th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-7130U vs Core i7 M 620 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 M 620 is faster than the Core i3-7130U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7130U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7130U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 M 620.

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 i3-7130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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