Intel Core i7-4712MQ vs AMD Athlon 3000G

Core i7-4712MQ vs Athlon 3000G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon 3000G performs better than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores than the Athlon 3000G. Indeed, the Core i7-4712MQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon 3000G. It also has more threads than the Athlon 3000G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon 3000G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The Athlon 3000G outputs less heat than Core i7-4712MQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon 3000G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Athlon 3000G.

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 i7-4712MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.