Intel Core i7-2670QM vs Intel Core m3-7Y30

Core i7-2670QM vs Core m3-7Y30 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core m3-7Y30 performs better 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 m3-7Y30 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core m3-7Y30. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core m3-7Y30. Also, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-7Y30 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.