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Is the Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: rPGA988B
Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 45 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz, Intel Core i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 26.75
Overall Rank:
2196th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
2058th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
524th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $213.52 USD (2025-05-20)
| Integer Math | 20,402 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,445 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,428 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,683 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 93,329 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 437 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,834 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,886 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,260 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,699 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,631 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,761 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,011 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,484 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,639 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,599 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,396 | |
| Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz | 5,711 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.03 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.41 | |
| Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz | 26.75 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.04 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,505 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,023 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,004 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,888 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,616 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,588 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,392 | |
| Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz | 1,886 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3252508 - Jan 30 2026 | 5798 | |
| BL5112161 - Jan 24 2026 | 6158 | |
| BL5112129 - Jan 24 2026 | 4862 | |
| BL3228958 - Jan 20 2026 | 6218 | |
| BL3228816 - Jan 20 2026 | 6320 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,770 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,418 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,998 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,984 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,918 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,871 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,768 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,906 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,751 | |
| Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz | 625 |
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