Intel Core i7-2720QM: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-2720QM is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2200 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 544
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 2000
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 4052
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1368
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 2356
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-2720QM
- Frequency
- 2200 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3300 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 45 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- FCBGA1224, FCPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 542
- Multi-Core Score
- 2131
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro8,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-2720QM
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.20 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 4
- L3 Cache
- 6.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 10.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1067 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 542 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 676 |
| Integer Score | 500 |
| Floating Point Score | 610 |
| AES-XTS | 676 1.15 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 645 3.26 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 581 27.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 507 1.43 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 375 440.9 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 533 166.8 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 457 24.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 458 146.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 459 3.57 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 540 6.26 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 492 615.5 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 707 4381.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 505 27.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 586 4.51 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 563 13.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1172 57.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 980 13.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 681 546.9 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 380 3.40 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 646 20.6 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 392 15.1 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2131 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1802 |
| Integer Score | 2043 |
| Floating Point Score | 2377 |
| AES-XTS | 1802 3.07 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 3047 15.4 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 2571 121.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1300 3.67 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1882 2.21 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 2296 719.5 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1905 103.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1551 494.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 2332 18.2 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 2049 23.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 2603 3.26 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 3836 23767.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2214 121.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 2858 22.0 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2502 61.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3450 169.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 4282 58.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 3523 2.83 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1760 15.8 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1310 41.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 720 27.8 images/sec |