Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i3-6098P

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i3-6098P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Core i3-6098P. Despite this, the Core i3-6098P 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 i3-6098P. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6098P. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6098P. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6098P has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-6098P CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-6098P. The Core i7-4720HQ also has significantly more L3 cache.

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