Dell 3520 I3-2370m to I7-2620. Will it run or how to get it to run?

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Switching from a I3-2370m to an I7-2620. Socket bus speed and wattage are the same. also chip size is the same.
A chart I looked at said it has a 15 percent chance of working and that the I7 is 195% faster.
Everything but the GHZ and some support features are the same.
This would be going into my Dell Inspiron 3520. It will not be going anywhere so I am not worried about heat as I can attatch a heat sink if its an issue.
I am just worried about the bios not recognizing the chip. IE no boot.
Both are sandy bridge chips.
 
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i7 is not 195% faster. Both are 2 core / 4 thread CPUs with the same TDP. The i7 has a 300mhz (12.5%) higher baseclock and a 1000mhz (40%) higher turbo clock. Chances are good you'll average around 25% more performance, which is on the edge of imperceptibility.

http://ark.intel.com/products/53442/Intel-Core-i3-2370M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_40-GHz

http://ark.intel.com/products/52231/Intel-Core-i7-2620M-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

I'd give it a much better than 15% chance of working, let's say approaching 100%, given they share socket, TDP and generation, but I'd be tempted to try an Ivy Bridge CPU such as the 3520m. The change from 32nm to 22nm brought a nice improvement in power consumption, which allowed Intel to crank up the...
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i7 is not 195% faster. Both are 2 core / 4 thread CPUs with the same TDP. The i7 has a 300mhz (12.5%) higher baseclock and a 1000mhz (40%) higher turbo clock. Chances are good you'll average around 25% more performance, which is on the edge of imperceptibility.

http://ark.intel.com/products/53442/Intel-Core-i3-2370M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_40-GHz

http://ark.intel.com/products/52231/Intel-Core-i7-2620M-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

I'd give it a much better than 15% chance of working, let's say approaching 100%, given they share socket, TDP and generation, but I'd be tempted to try an Ivy Bridge CPU such as the 3520m. The change from 32nm to 22nm brought a nice improvement in power consumption, which allowed Intel to crank up the clocks. It's less likely work due to being a different generation but it's 200mhz faster on both baseclock and turbo than the 2620 and also faster per clock.

http://ark.intel.com/products/64893/Intel-Core-i7-3520M-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz

Cooling won't be an issue since they have the same TDP.
 
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