Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core i7-4850HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4850HQ beats the Core i7-4700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4850HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4850HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.