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Higher clock speed 4 GHz vs 3.5 GHz Around 15% higher clock speed Higher turbo clock speed 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz Around 10% higher turbo clock speed Better 3DMark06 CPU score 9,037 vs 7,413 More than 20% better 3DMark06 CPU score More threads 8 vs 4 Twice as many threads Better PassMark (Single core) score 2,318 vs 2,118 Around 10% better PassMark (Single core) score Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 17,011 vs 13,261 Around 30% better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score Better cinebench r10 32Bit score 36,746 vs 29,116 More than 25% better cinebench r10 32Bit score Better cinebench r10 32Bit 1-core score 8,981 vs 8,372 More than 5% better cinebench r10 32Bit 1-core score
You can see what spending the extra hundred bucks gets you.
Here's the deal with gaming though. Notice the amount of threads between the two? Most games, as of today, are not programmed to take advantage of the extra threads in the i7. The gains from using an i7 for gaming are mostly nominal. Although, as new games and technology come out, we could see games taking full advantage of the i7 in the future.
These guys,
, did a good comparison.