Intel Core i7-10810U vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Core i7-10810U vs Core i7-3720QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10810U beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10810U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-3720QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3720QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3720QM has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10810U. Despite this, the Core i7-10810U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10810U 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.

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 i7-10810U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.