Intel i7-3740QM BX80638I73740QM User Manual
Product codes
BX80638I73740QM
Select the 3nd Generation Intel Core Processor to Fit Your Lifestyle
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor—Fast. Flexible. Visibly smart performance at its best Top-of-the-line performance for your most demanding tasks.
Intel® Core™ i5 Processor—Multitask. Multimedia. Visibly smart performance with a boost. The visibly smart Intel® Core™ i5 processor delivers amazing
performance and stunning visuals.
performance and stunning visuals.
Intel® Core™ i3 Processor—A Visibly Smart Start. The visibly smart Intel Core i3 processor provides amazing dual-core performance and stunning visuals.
Core i7
Core i5
Core i3
Number of Processor Cores / Threads
4/8
2/4
2/4
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
1
yes
yes
no
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
1
yes
yes
yes
Intel® Smart Cache
8 MB L3
4 MB L3
3 MB L3
AES New Instructions (AES-NI)
yes
yes
no
Intel® HD Graphics* with
Direct X11
Direct X11
4000
4000
4000
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT-x)
1
yes
yes
yes
Performance Tuning Enabled
2 4
yes
yes
no
Recommended Intel® Express Chipset
HM77, QM77
Ultra: UM77
HM77, QM77
Ultra: UM77
HM77, QM77
Ultra: UM77
Features
Benefits
Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.01
Dynamically increases the processor’s frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of
speed when you need it.
speed when you need it.
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology1
Delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.
Integrated Memory Controller
An integrated memory controller offers stunning memory read/write performance through efficient prefetching algorithms, lower latency,
and higher memory bandwidth
and higher memory bandwidth
Built-In Visuals
Intel® Quick Sync Video—Delivers fast conversion of video for portable media players, online sharing, and video editing and authoring.
Intel® Clear Video HD—Visual quality and color fidelity enhancements for HD playback for a sharper, smoother, and richer picture
Intel® InTRU™ 3D6—Stereoscopic 3-D Blu-ray* playback in full 1080p resolution over HDMI* 1.4 and premium audio.
Intel® HD Graphics—Enhanced 3-D performance for immersive mainstream and casual gaming.
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions—A set of new instructions to improve software performance for floating point-intensive applications
such as audio processing, audio codecs, and image and video editing applications.
Intel® Clear Video HD—Visual quality and color fidelity enhancements for HD playback for a sharper, smoother, and richer picture
Intel® InTRU™ 3D6—Stereoscopic 3-D Blu-ray* playback in full 1080p resolution over HDMI* 1.4 and premium audio.
Intel® HD Graphics—Enhanced 3-D performance for immersive mainstream and casual gaming.
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions—A set of new instructions to improve software performance for floating point-intensive applications
such as audio processing, audio codecs, and image and video editing applications.
Intel Smart Cache
The shared cache is dynamically allocated to each processor core, based on workload. This significantly reduces latency, improving performance.
Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions
New AES instructions add hardware acceleration to AES algorithms and speeds up the execution of AES applications.
Intel® Virtualization Technology1
Allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. Offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and
maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.
maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.