Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Core i3-8145U vs Core i7-3630QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3630QM is faster than the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-8145U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8145U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3630QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8145U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3630QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-8145U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.