Intel Core i7-2630QM vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Core i7-2630QM vs Core i7-3612QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-3612QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i7-3612QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3612QM outputs less heat than Core i7-2630QM thanks to a slightly 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 i7-2630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.