Intel Core i7-2670QM vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4 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
4% slightly better overall score
907 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1375 points
1463 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

811 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
740 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

772 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
709 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.96 points
93% significantly higher Blender score
13.97 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

969th of 1,089
981st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-2670QM vs Core i7 Q 720 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2670QM performs better than the Core i7 Q 720. Despite this, the Core i7 Q 720 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-2670QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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