Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Core i7-3770 vs Core i7-3720QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3770 is faster than the Core i7-3720QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3720QM. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3720QM outputs less heat than Core i7-3770 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 i7-3770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.