Intel Core i7-3740QM Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i7-3740QM

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 (293)
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 i7-3740QM 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): --

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
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 & 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.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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 Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
772
Intel Core i7-3820 Intel Core i7-3820
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
772
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
772
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
771
AMD Ryzen 3 3250C AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
771
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
771
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 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 AMD Ryzen 7 2800H
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3088
Intel Core i5-7600T Intel Core i5-7600T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3084
AMD Ryzen 5 3500C AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
3080
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
3079
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3079
Intel Core i7-6700HQ Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3079
Intel Core i7-4770T 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 Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
742
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
741
Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
740
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
739
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
737
Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
736
Intel Celeron J6412 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 Intel Core i5-7287U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2539
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2527
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2524
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2521
Intel Core i7-3820QM Intel Core i7-3820QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2517
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2512
MediaTek Dimensity 820 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 Pentium Gold G7400
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz
345
Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel Pentium Gold G7400E
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz
345
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
340
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz
333
UNISOC T760 UNISOC T760
ARM Mali-G57 MP4 @ 0.65 GHz
333
Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel Core i7-3840QM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.30 GHz
333
Intel Core i7-3540M 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 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
5758
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5755
Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
5744
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
5739
Intel Xeon W-2104 Intel Xeon W-2104
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
5739
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
5730
Intel Core i5-1030G7 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 Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1723
Intel Core i5-7600 Intel Core i5-7600
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1709
Intel Core i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1704
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1700
Intel Core i5-1035G4 Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 1.10 GHz
1700
Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel Core i7-3840QM
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1699
Intel Core i7-2600K Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1690

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