Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988A

Clockspeed: 1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 6 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz, Intel Core i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 9.56

Overall Rank: 2462

Last Price Change: $189.95 USD (2023-02-07)

Average CPU Mark

1815

Single Thread Rating: 1023
Samples: 2013*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,042
Thread: 927

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz

Integer Math	9,739 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,219 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	326.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	37.8 MBytes/Sec
Physics	293 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,039 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,023 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of March 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of March 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,138
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,926
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,299
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,992
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,827
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,202
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,136
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11,056
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		10,027
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,019
Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz		1,815

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		53.14
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		25.38
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.52
Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz		9.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,847
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,823
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,724
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,113
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,070
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,689
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,627
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,460
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		2,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,961
Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz		1,023

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1768101 - Mar 13 2023		1915
BL1767794 - Mar 13 2023		2254
BL1766120 - Mar 11 2023		1953
BL5033959 - Mar 07 2023		1092
BL1762144 - Mar 06 2023		1931

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz		1,815
Intel Core i7-720QM @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,655 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i7-640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		2,041 (+12.4%)
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,662 (-8.4%)
Intel Core i5-3317U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,992 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		2,094 (+15.4%)
Intel Core i7-620M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,987 (+9.4%)
AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,584 (-12.8%)
Intel Core i3-330M @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,011 (-44.3%)
AMD Phenom II N950 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i7-740QM		1,515 (-16.6%)
Intel Core i7-2720QM @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		4,086 (+125.1%)
Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		3,539 (+95.0%)
Intel Atom C2758 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-740QM		2,258 (+24.4%)

Is the Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-12900HK		5,837
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		5,772
Intel Core i9-12900H		5,759
Intel Core i9-12950HX		5,616
Intel Core i7-1370P		5,615
Intel Core i9-12900HX		5,549
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX		5,434
Intel Core i7-12800H		5,236
Intel Core i7-12650H		5,236
Intel Core i7-12700H		5,159
Intel Core i7-12800HX		4,834
Intel Core i7-12850HX		4,821
Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.73GHz		594

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