Intel Processor N97 vs Intel Core i7-3612QM. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Processor N Intel Core i7
• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Intel Core i 3000M
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 3

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.10 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  1.20 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  24 16
• Shader
  192 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  12 7
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2011

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3612QM and Intel Processor N97. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N97 and Intel Core i7-3612QM to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  105 °C 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N97 and Intel Processor N97, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  BGA PGA 988
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Ivy Bridge H
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2012