Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405

Core i7-2760QM vs Pentium Gold G6405 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2760QM beats the Pentium Gold G6405 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Gold G6405 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2760QM has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G6405. Indeed, the Core i7-2760QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G6405. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6405. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium Gold G6405 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2760QM. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G6405 CPU because of its 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 i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.