Intel Core i5-4670 vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

2325 points
2386 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4272 points
2% slightly better gaming score
4177 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1777 points
1866 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1705 points
1778 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.61 points
51.15 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3099 points
3194 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1130 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
928 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3282 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3202 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1186 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
999 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
47 W
78% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

655th of 1,089
645th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4670 vs Core i7-4850HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4850HQ performs better than the Core i5-4670. Despite this, the Core i5-4670 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4850HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4670 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4850HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-4670 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 i5-4670 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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