Intel Core i7-2860QM vs Intel Core i7-870

Core i7-2860QM vs Core i7-870 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2860QM beats the Core i7-870 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-870 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2860QM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-2860QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its significantly 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.