Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i7-4700HQ vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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 Ultra 7 256V has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4700HQ that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.