Intel Core i7-3635QM vs Intel Pentium G4520

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Pentium G Series 2 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

1425 points
0.78% slightly better overall score
1414 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2141 points
2950 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1221 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
1061 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1185 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
1027 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2446 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1594 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

636 points
838 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
300% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
13% slightly lower TDP
51 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
64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

851st of 1,118
853rd of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-3635QM vs Pentium G4520 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3635QM is faster than the Pentium G4520. Despite this, the Pentium G4520 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium G4520 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium G4520. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium G4520 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. A Core i7-3635QM CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4520 CPU because of its 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 i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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