Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

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Intel Core i7-3820QM

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$ 2252.00

$ 499.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2493 points

30% slightly better overall score

1913 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3957 points

29% slightly better gaming score

3059 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2061 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

1573 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1979 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

1510 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.44 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

41.56 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2018 points

2717 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

717 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1995 points

2007 points

0.60% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

599 points

602 points

0.50% 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

2.7 GHz

Identical

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 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

629th of 1,089

733rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3740QM vs Core i7-3820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3740QM beats the Core i7-3820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-3740QM and Core i7-3820QM have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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.