Intel Core i7-3820QM vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i7-3820QM vs Core i7-960 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Core i7-3820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-3820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.