Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Core i5-3230M vs Core i7 Q 740 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7 Q 740 performs better than the Core i5-3230M. Despite this, the Core i5-3230M 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 i5-3230M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3230M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 740.

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 i5-3230M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.