Intel Core i7-3630QM vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Core i7-3630QM vs Core i7-4900MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3630QM performs better than the Core i7-4900MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4900MQ 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3630QM. Also, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3630QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.