Intel Core i7-2670QM vs AMD 3020e

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 3000 Series Mobile 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

947 points
979 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1375 points
2128 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

811 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

772 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
672 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1444 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1085 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

466 points
658 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
300% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
83% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
6 W
650% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

969th of 1,089
956th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
3000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
2020 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-2670QM vs 3020e comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the 3020e is faster than the Core i7-2670QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2670QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the 3020e has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the 3020e. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has a significantly higher clock speed than the 3020e. Also, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The 3020e outputs less heat than Core i7-2670QM 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 i7-2670QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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