Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points
3% slightly better overall score
2351 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points
4134 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
1817 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
1720 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
57.01 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2877 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
870 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3685 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1136 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
67% significantly 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

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

659th of 1,119
669th of 1,119

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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