Intel Core i7-3770K 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

2702 points
13% slightly better overall score
2386 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4366 points
4% slightly better gaming score
4177 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2208 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
1866 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2118 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
1778 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.21 points
51.15 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2474 points
3194 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

708 points
928 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2489 points
3202 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

709 points
999 points
40% slightly 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

3.5 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W
47 W
63% significantly lower TDP

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

588th 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

2012 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-3770K vs Core i7-4850HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3770K performs better than the Core i7-4850HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4850HQ in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-3770K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4850HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-3770K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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