Intel Core i7-3740QM Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-03

The Intel Core i7-3740QM 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 Q3/2012. The Intel Core i7-3740QM scores 771 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,079 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-3740QM. 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 i7-3740QM.
Name:	Intel Core i7-3740QM
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 i7-3740QM has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3740QM is 2.70 GHz (3.70 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:	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.70 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 i7-3740QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-3740QM 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):	1.30 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 i7-3740QM 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:	Q3/2012
Release price:	3803 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz (3.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3740QM 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 i5-3475S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	772
	Intel Core i7-3820 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	772
	Intel Core i7-4820K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	772
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	771
	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	771
	Intel Core i5-4430 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	771
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 2800H 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3088
	Intel Core i5-7600T 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3084
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	3080
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	3079
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3079
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3079
	Intel Core i7-4770T 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3076

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 i7-3970X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	742
	Intel Core i5-3570 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	741
	Intel Core i7-4820K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	740
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	739
	Intel Core i7-3770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	737
	Intel Core i7-3960X 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	736
	Intel Celeron J6412 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	735

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 i5-7287U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2539
	Intel Core i7-3770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	2527
	Intel Core i3-8109U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2524
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2521
	Intel Core i7-3820QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2517
	MediaTek Dimensity 7050 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2512
	MediaTek Dimensity 820 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2512

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 Pentium Gold G7400 Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Celeron N5100 Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz	340
	Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333
	UNISOC T760 ARM Mali-G57 MP4 @ 0.65 GHz	333
	Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333
	Intel Core i7-3540M Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz	333

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 E3-1220 v5 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	5758
	Intel Core i7-4720HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	5755
	Intel Core i5-8365UE 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	5744
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	5739
	Intel Xeon W-2104 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	5739
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	5730
	Intel Core i5-1030G7 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	5730

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 i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1723
	Intel Core i5-7600 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1709
	Intel Core i7-6820HQ 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1704
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1700
	Intel Core i5-1035G4 4C 8T @ 1.10 GHz	1700
	Intel Core i7-3840QM 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1699
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1690

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,441 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,414 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,703 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,651 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,340 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
728 entries

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