Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i7-3740QM vs Core i7-4850HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4850HQ is faster than the Core i7-3740QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3740QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3740QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4850HQ 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 i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.