Intel Core i7-3610QM vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

1810 points
2285 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2981 points
3638 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1464 points
1884 points
28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1405 points
1806 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.63 points
57.01 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1794 points
2877 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

531 points
870 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1836 points
3685 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

539 points
1136 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
4% slightly lower TDP
47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

756th of 1,089
666th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-3610QM vs Core i7-4870HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3610QM beats the Core i7-4870HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4870HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Also, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3610QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4870HQ CPU because of its 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 i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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