Intel Core i7-8665U vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Core i7-8665U vs Core i7-3720QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3720QM beats the Core i7-8665U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8665U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8665U. Despite this, the Core i7-8665U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8665U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3720QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8665U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.