Intel Core i5-3570K vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2217 points

2361 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4077 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3542 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1694 points

2007 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1627 points

1927 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.69 points

49.43 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2162 points

3084 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

704 points

970 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2062 points

3055 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

688 points

996 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

41% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

47 W

63% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

679th of 1,089

649th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3570K vs Core i7-4700HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4700HQ is faster than the Core i5-3570K. Despite this, the Core i5-3570K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-3570K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-3570K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.