Intel Core i7-3610QM vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Core i7-3610QM vs Core i7-3612QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3612QM beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3610QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3610QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Core i7-3610QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3612QM outputs less heat than Core i7-3610QM thanks to a slightly 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 i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.