Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core i7-8850H

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core i7-8850H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8850H is faster than the Core i7-4700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8850H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8850H outputs less heat than Core i7-4700HQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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.