Intel Core i7-3720QM vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3940XM

Price

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$ 99.95

$ 244.09 significantly less expensive

$ 344.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2112 points

2439 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3499 points

3946 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1701 points

1992 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1632 points

1913 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

42.68 points

48.88 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2033 points

2994 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

602 points

793 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1978 points

2039 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

586 points

644 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.20 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

22% slightly lower TDP

55 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

703rd of 1,089

638th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3720QM vs Core i7-3940XM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3720QM performs better than the Core i7-3940XM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3940XM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3720QM. Also, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3720QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3940XM 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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.