Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Core i7-12700K vs Core i7-4710HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i7-4710HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-4710HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4710HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4710HQ. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a much higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.