Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core 7 150U

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core 7 150U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700HQ performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-4700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U.

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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.