Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Core i7-3740QM vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1220P beats the Core i7-3740QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3740QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-3740QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3740QM. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3740QM has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1220P outputs less heat than Core i7-3740QM thanks to a significantly 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 i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.