Core i7-2630QM vs Athlon Gold 3150U specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon Gold 3150U performs better than the Core i7-2630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon Gold 3150U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon Gold 3150U. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon Gold 3150U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Athlon Gold 3150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon Gold 3150U outputs less heat than Core i7-2630QM thanks to a 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 i7-2630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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