Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

2361 points

3% slightly better overall score

2285 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

3638 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2007 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

1884 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1927 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

1806 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

49.43 points

57.01 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3084 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2877 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

870 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3055 points

3685 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1136 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

Identical

47 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

649th of 1,089

666th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core i7-4870HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700HQ performs better than the Core i7-4870HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i7-4870HQ 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.

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.