Intel Core i7-3720QM Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i7-3720QM 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 Q2/2012. The Intel Core i7-3720QM scores 758 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,044 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-3720QM. 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 i7-3720QM. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i7-3720QM |
| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 3000M |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i7-3720QM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3720QM is 2.60 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: | 2.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-3720QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3720QM 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): | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution 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 & PCIeThe 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. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1333 DDR3L-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | 32 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 16 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe 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. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 105 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i7-3720QM 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 |
| Architecture: | Ivy Bridge H |
| 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: | 363 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3720QM 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 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.
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4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2600S
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3470S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7300
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7360U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4370
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Atom C3808
12C 12T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-9370
8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4810MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.
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AMD A9-9420
AMD Radeon R5 - 192 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
AMD Radeon R5 - 192 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz |
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AMD A8-7200P
AMD Radeon R5 - 256 (Kaveri) @ 0.63 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-11155MRE
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-11155MLE
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3820QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-4760HQ
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3820QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4690K
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-8250U
4C 8T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1035G1
4C 8T @ 1.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1035G7
4C 8T @ 1.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
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