Intel Core i3-9300 vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-2820QM

Price

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$ 242.53

$ 229.95

$ 12.58 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2299 points

3% slightly better overall score

2212 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4620 points

32% slightly better gaming score

3474 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

1842 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1571 points

1774 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.77 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

26.94 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4025 points

148% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1622 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1498 points

188% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

519 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

62 W

45 W

37% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

660th of 1,089

680th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9300 vs Core i7-2820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9300 beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2820QM outputs less heat than Core i3-9300 thanks to a slightly 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. For instance, the Core i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.