Intel Core i7-3610QM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-03

The Intel Core i7-3610QM has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q2/2012. The Intel Core i7-3610QM scores 715 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,865 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-3610QM. 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 i7-3610QM.
Name:	Intel Core i7-3610QM
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 3000M
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3610QM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3610QM is 2.30 GHz (3.30 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:	2.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.00 GHz

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 i7-3610QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3610QM uses the Intel HD Graphics 4000, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 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 4000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	16
Shader:	128
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7
Direct X:	11.0
Technology:	22 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:	Decode

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.

DDR3L-1333 DDR3L-1600 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600	21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s 21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 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.:	105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-3610QM is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 6.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 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:	Q2/2012
Release price:	378 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

Intel Core i7-3610QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz (3.30 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3610QM 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.

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 i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	717
	Intel Core i5-3340M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	716
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	716
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	715
	Intel Core i7-3615QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	715
	Intel Xeon D-1527 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	714
	Intel Xeon D-1567 12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz	714

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 i7-2600 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2874
	Intel Core i5-3570K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2866
	Intel Core i5-8365U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2866
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2865
	Intel Xeon E7-4820 v2 8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	2863
	Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2859
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2856

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 i5-3340M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	604
	Intel Core i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	602
	MediaTek Dimensity 720 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	599
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	598
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	598
	Intel Celeron G4900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	594
	Intel Pentium Silver N6005 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	591

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 i5-4330M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2113
	Intel Core i5-6267U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2108
	Intel Core i3-4130 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2101
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2087
	Intel Pentium Gold G6605 2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	2085
	Intel Core i7-3632QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2083
	Intel Core i5-3550S 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2082

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 i3-3227U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz	282
	Intel Core i5-3210M Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz	282
	Intel Core i5-3230M Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz	282
	Intel Core i7-3610QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz	282
	AMD A9-9420e AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz	276
	AMD A6-9220C AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz	276
	AMD A6-5357M AMD Radeon HD 8450G @ 0.72 GHz	276

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 Xeon W-2102 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	5134
	Intel Core i7-4702MQ 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	5131
	Intel Core i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	5122
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	5114
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5106
	Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5102
	Intel Core i7-10510Y 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	5100

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 i5-4670 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1542
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1539
	AMD FX-9370 8C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	1528
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1525
	Intel Core i7-4710HQ 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1508
	Intel Core i7-960 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1503
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1497

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

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