Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-2820QM vs Core i7-860 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2820QM beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its 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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.