Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Pentium Gold G7400

Core i7-2820QM vs Pentium Gold G7400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Pentium Gold G7400 beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2820QM has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G7400. Indeed, the Core i7-2820QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G7400. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G7400. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium Gold G7400 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2820QM. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G7400 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.