Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Core i7-2600K vs Core i7-4870HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4870HQ is faster than the Core i7-2600K. Despite this, the Core i7-2600K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4870HQ. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4870HQ 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.