Intel Core i3-7350K vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i3-7350K vs Core i7-4850HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4850HQ beats the Core i3-7350K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7350K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4850HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7350K. Indeed, the Core i7-4850HQ 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 i7-4850HQ. The Core i7-4850HQ 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.

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.