Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405

Core i7-3612QM vs Pentium Gold G6405 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3612QM performs better than the Pentium Gold G6405. Despite this, the Pentium Gold G6405 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3612QM has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G6405. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G6405. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6405. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6405 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G6405 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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.