Intel Core i7-2720QM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

The Intel Core i7-2720QM was released in Q1/2011 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 8 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket PGA 988. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-2720QM achieved a result of 668 points (single-core) or 2,438 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i7-2720QM belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i7-2720QM.
Name:	Intel Core i7-2720QM
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-2720QM has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-2720QM is 2.20 GHz (3.30 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-2720QM has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-2720QM has the Intel HD Graphics 3000 installed, which has 12 streaming multiprocessors (96 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-2720QM supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	17.1 GB/s 21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i7-2720QM has a TDP of 45 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	45 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-2720QM is made in 32 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	PGA 988
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q1/2011
Release price:	295 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz (3.30 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-2720QM have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz	640
	Intel Pentium G3220 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	634
	Intel Core m3-7Y32 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	629
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	623
	Intel Core i7-3520M 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	621
	Intel Celeron N5095A 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	619
	Intel Celeron N5095 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	619

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron N5095 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2227
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2173
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2163
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2137
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2120
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2120
	Intel Celeron N5105 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2097

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Celeron N5095 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	669
	Intel Core M-5Y51 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	669
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	669
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	668
	Intel Xeon X3440 4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz	668
	Intel Core i3-2125 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	668
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	668

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2449
	Intel Core i7-2820QM 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	2449
	Intel Core i5-1034G1 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	2445
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2438
	MediaTek Dimensity 820 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2432
	MediaTek Dimensity 1000C 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2431
	AMD FX-8150 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	2431

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i3-3240 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	586
	Intel Core i3-3245 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	586
	Intel Core i5-3610ME 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	585
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	584
	Intel Core i5-2380P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	583
	Intel Core i5-2405S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	578
	Intel Core i5-2400S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	578

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	MediaTek Helio G90T 8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz	1792
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1788
	Intel Pentium Silver N6005 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1788
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1781
	Intel Core i7-2675QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1781
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1780
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1778

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-2415M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i5-2435M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i5-2520M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i7-2720QM Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	AMD A6-5400K AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	AMD A6-5400B AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	HiSilicon Kirin 960S ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Phenom II X4 B99 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	4112
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	4100
	Intel Core i5-3330 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	4087
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	4085
	Intel Celeron N5105 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	4077
	AMD Athlon PRO 300U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	4075
	Intel Core i3-8145UE 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	4070

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-3350P 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1237
	AMD FX-8320E 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1235
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1230
	Intel Core i7-2720QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1229
	Intel Core i5-6300HQ 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1225
	Intel Xeon X3440 4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz	1219
	Intel Core i7-2630QM 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1212

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

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