Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i3-4370

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i3-4370 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Core i3-4370. Despite this, the Core i3-4370 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4370. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4370. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4370. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4370 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4370 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.