Intel Core i7-4510U vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core i7-4510U vs Core i7 Q 720 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4510U performs better than the Core i7 Q 720. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4510U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4510U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4510U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720.

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 i7-4510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.