Intel Core i5-7400T vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

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

1685 points
1830 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3216 points
9% slightly better gaming score
2931 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1274 points
1511 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1223 points
1452 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.25 points
46.95 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2718 points
2933 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

983 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
950 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2847 points
3071 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1029 points
1035 points
0.58% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.4 GHz
2.59 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
34% slightly lower TDP
47 W

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

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

778th of 1,089
754th 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
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-7400T vs Core i7-4720HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7400T is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-7400T. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7400T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4720HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-7400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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