Intel Core i5-4670S vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2167 points
13% slightly better overall score
1913 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3982 points
30% slightly better gaming score
3059 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1658 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
1573 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1592 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
1510 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.95 points
41.56 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2657 points
2717 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

841 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
717 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3249 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2007 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
602 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

689th of 1,089
733rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4670S vs Core i7-3820QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4670S is faster than the Core i7-3820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3820QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4670S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. Also, the Core i5-4670S has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3820QM outputs less heat than Core i5-4670S thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-4670S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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