Intel Core i7-2860QM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-03

The Intel Core i7-2860QM has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q4/2011. The Intel Core i7-2860QM scores 716 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,637 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-2860QM. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-2860QM.
Name:	Intel Core i7-2860QM
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000M
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-2860QM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-2860QM is 2.50 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.60 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 i7-2860QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-2860QM uses the Intel HD Graphics 3000, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Release date:	Q1/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

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 processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	25.6 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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

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

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-2860QM is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	PGA 988
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	8.00 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:	Q4/2011
Release price:	295 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz (3.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-2860QM 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 Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697
	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697
	Intel Core i5-5287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	697
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	696
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium Silver N6000 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	675
	Intel Core i5-4210M 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	666

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 Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2796
	Intel Core i5-3570 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2780
	Intel Processor N95 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2724
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2723
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2696
	Intel Core i7-10510Y 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2635
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2603

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 Core i5-2380P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	719
	Intel Core i7-4712HQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	718
	Intel Core i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	717
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	716
	Intel Core i5-3340M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	716
	Intel Core i7-3615QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	715
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	715

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 i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2651
	Intel Processor N95 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2649
	AMD Ryzen 3 3350U 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2645
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2637
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus 8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz	2632
	Intel Core i5-4430 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2630
	MediaTek Kompanio 820 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2627

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 i5-3380M 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	632
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	632
	Intel Core i3-5005U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	630
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	627
	Intel Xeon D-1577 16C 32T @ 2.10 GHz	627
	Intel Pentium G4400T 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	626
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	624

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.


	Intel Core i7-5550U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1941
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1937
	Intel Core i7-6600U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1937
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1934
	Intel Core m7-6Y75 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1933
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1933
	Intel Core i5-3475S 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1932

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 i7-2860QM 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.


	Intel Core i5-6442EQ 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	4612
	Intel Core i7-2920XM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	4611
	AMD Phenom II X4 980 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4610
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	4592
	Intel Core i7-2600S 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4582
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz	4579
	AMD A10-7850K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	4568

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 i5-4440 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1327
	Intel Core i7-930 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1322
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1320
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1318
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1313
	Intel Core i7-860 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1310
	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1304

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
561 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
537 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,432 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,406 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,692 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,642 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,945 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

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