Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Compare Intel 7th 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

2070 points

2285 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3797 points

4% slightly better gaming score

3638 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1588 points

1884 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1528 points

1806 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.14 points

57.01 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2896 points

0.66% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2877 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1058 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

870 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3044 points

3685 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1119 points

1136 points

1% slightly 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

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

4% slightly lower TDP

47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

708th of 1,089

666th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core i7-4870HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4870HQ is faster than the Core i5-7300HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-7300HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4870HQ has more threads. Both the Core i5-7300HQ and Core i7-4870HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4870HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.