Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Compare Intel Core 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

2539 points

6% slightly better overall score

2386 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3984 points

4177 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2108 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1866 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2031 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1778 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.63 points

51.15 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2047 points

3194 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

608 points

928 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2040 points

3202 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

610 points

999 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

95 W

47 W

102% significantly lower TDP

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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

619th of 1,089

645th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2600 vs Core i7-4850HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4850HQ performs better than the Core i7-2600. Despite this, the Core i7-2600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4850HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-2600 thanks to a significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.