Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Core i7-920 vs Core i7-3630QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3630QM beats the Core i7-920 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3630QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3630QM outputs less heat than Core i7-920 thanks to a 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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.