Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1830 points
2124 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points
3467 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points
1729 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points
1661 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
30.63 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2933 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1650 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

950 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
512 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1722 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
510 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
35 W
34% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

754th of 1,089
700th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i7-3632QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3632QM beats the Core i7-4720HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i7-3632QM. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3632QM 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.

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.

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