Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Core i7-3520M vs Core i7-3940XM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3940XM beats the Core i7-3520M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3940XM has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3520M. Indeed, the Core i7-3940XM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-3520M. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3520M. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M. Also, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3520M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3940XM 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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.