Intel Core i7-4500U vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core i7-4500U vs Core i7 Q 720 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4500U beats the Core i7 Q 720 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4500U. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 720 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720.

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 i7-4500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.