Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core i5-6402P

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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

2361 points

6% slightly better overall score

2224 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

4145 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2007 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

1690 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1927 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

1619 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

49.43 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

36.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3084 points

0.85% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3058 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

1081 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3055 points

3073 points

0.59% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1134 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.81 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

38% slightly lower TDP

65 W

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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

649th of 1,089

677th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core i5-6402P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4700HQ is faster than the Core i5-6402P. Despite this, the Core i5-6402P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6402P has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4700HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-4700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6402P CPU because of its 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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.