Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i7-3740QM

Core i7-2600K vs Core i7-3740QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2600K beats the Core i7-3740QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3740QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3740QM. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3740QM outputs less heat than Core i7-2600K 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.