Intel Core i7-2860QM vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

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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Intel Core i7-4702MQ

Price

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$ 98.02

$ 191.93 significantly less expensive

$ 289.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

404 points

2075 points

413% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

625 points

3306 points

428% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

337 points

1711 points

407% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

324 points

1645 points

407% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.93 points

44.49 points

59% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1628 points

2821 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

513 points

919 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1715 points

2949 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

562 points

956 points

70% 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

2.5 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

2.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

37 W

21% slightly 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

1,081st of 1,089

707th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2013 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

Core i7-2860QM vs Core i7-4702MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2860QM performs better than the Core i7-4702MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4702MQ 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4702MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-2860QM thanks to a slightly 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 i7-2860QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.