Intel Core i3-7350K vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 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

1742 points
1830 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3492 points
19% slightly better gaming score
2931 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1292 points
1511 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1240 points
1452 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

36.64 points
46.95 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2667 points
2933 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1197 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
950 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3026 points
3071 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1496 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1035 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.59 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
47 W
27% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
1 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

768th of 1,089
754th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-7350K vs Core i7-4720HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-7350K beats the Core i7-4720HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7350K. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7350K. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7350K. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7350K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. The Core i7-4720HQ outputs less heat than Core i3-7350K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-4720HQ has more L2 cache than the Core i3-7350K. 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 i3-7350K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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