Intel Core i7-3635QM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-03

The Intel Core i7-3635QM 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 BGA 1224 socket and was released in Q3/2012. The Intel Core i7-3635QM scores 731 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,829 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i7-3635QM
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 3000M (29)
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-3635QM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3635QM is 2.40 GHz (3.40 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:	2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.40 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 i7-3635QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3635QM 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):	1.20 GHz
Compute units:	16
Shader:	128
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7
Direct X:	11.0
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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 i7-3635QM 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:	BGA 1224
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:	Q3/2012
Release price:	363 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3635QM 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.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	655
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz	651
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	651
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	649
	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	647
	Intel Core i7-4770R 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	647
	Intel Core i7-2760QM 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	645

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3544
	Intel Core i5-4670 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3389
	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3359
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	3301
	Intel Core i7-2600 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	3289
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3286
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3271

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 i7-2960XM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	733
	Intel Core M-5Y71 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	733
	MediaTek Dimensity 1080 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	732
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	731
	Samsung Exynos 9825 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	731
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus 8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz	731
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	731

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.


	Samsung Exynos 1380 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2841
	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2840
	AMD FX-8370 8C 8T @ 4.15 GHz	2836
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2829
	Intel Core i5-4670 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2827
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2823
	Intel Core i5-4590 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2819

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 Celeron G3920 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	652
	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	651
	Intel Pentium G4500T 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	649
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	646
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	646
	Intel Core i7-980X 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	645
	Intel Core i7-980 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	645

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 i3-6098P 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2348
	Intel Core i3-8145U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2338
	Intel Core i3-7100T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2335
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2328
	Intel Core i7-3770T 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2311
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2307
	Intel Celeron G6900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2306

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 i7-3687U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10a Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10c Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core i7-3635QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	AMD A9-9410 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6420K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6400K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307

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 Atom C3758 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	4750
	AMD FX-4150 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	4748
	Intel Core i5-4440 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	4746
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	4737
	AMD A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	4736
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	4732
	Intel Core i7-2960XM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	4725

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

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