Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-3520M vs Core i7-860 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-860 performs better than the Core i7-3520M. Despite this, the Core i7-3520M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-3520M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3520M. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3520M 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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.