Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-3740QM

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i7-3740QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3740QM performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-6820HQ and Core i7-3740QM are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.