Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Core i5-1035G4 vs Core i7-3940XM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1035G4 is faster than the Core i7-3940XM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3940XM 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3940XM has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1035G4. Also, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1035G4 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3940XM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1035G4 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1035G4.

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 i5-1035G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.