Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Core i7-4700HQ vs Ryzen 7 7730U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7730U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7730U has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-4700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U outputs less heat than Core i7-4700HQ thanks to a significantly 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.