Core i5-3210M vs Core i7 Q 740 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7 Q 740 beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3210M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 Q 740 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 740.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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