Intel Core i7-2860QM vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

404 points

1549 points

283% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

625 points

2569 points

311% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

337 points

1247 points

270% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

324 points

1197 points

269% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.93 points

32.42 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1628 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1538 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

513 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

463 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1715 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

562 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

501 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,081st of 1,089

801st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2860QM vs Core i7-3612QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3612QM is faster than the Core i7-2860QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2860QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3612QM outputs less heat than Core i7-2860QM thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-2860QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.