Intel Core i7-2670QM vs Intel Core i3-4330TE

Core i7-2670QM vs Core i3-4330TE comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4330TE 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4330TE that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4330TE. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4330TE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2670QM. The Core i3-4330TE outputs less heat than Core i7-2670QM 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 i7-2670QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.