Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i3-1005G1 vs Core i7-4700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4700HQ beats the Core i3-1005G1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4700HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1005G1 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i3-1005G1 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4700HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.