Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i7-3610QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4720HQ beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3610QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3610QM outputs less heat than Core i7-4720HQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.