Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i7-2700K vs Core i3-N305 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-N305 is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-2700K that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i7-2700K 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 i7-2700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.