Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Core i5-8279U vs Core i7-3720QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8279U is faster than the Core i7-3720QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3720QM CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.