Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Core i7-3740QM vs Core i5-12500H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500H performs better than the Core i7-3740QM. 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 i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-3740QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3740QM. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.