Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

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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Price

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$ 84.99
$ 79.95
$ 5.04 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2571 points
3% slightly better overall score
2474 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4067 points
1% slightly better gaming score
3988 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2123 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
2030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2039 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
1950 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.04 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
41.96 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2292 points
3159 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points
1003 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2289 points
3040 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points
1015 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.4 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 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

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

612th of 1,089
633rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-2600K vs Core i7-4710MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2600K is faster than the Core i7-4710MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-2600K 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 i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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