Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i7-2700K vs Core i7-4700HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2700K is faster than the Core i7-4700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-2700K 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 i7-2700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.