Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

2212 points
2898 points
31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3474 points
4205 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1842 points
2534 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1774 points
2452 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.94 points
84.75 points
214% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1622 points
7276 points
348% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

519 points
2112 points
306% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
58% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
96 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

680th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-2820QM vs Core 7 150U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 150U is faster than the Core i7-2820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2820QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-2820QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2820QM. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2820QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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