Intel Core i7-4702MQ vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 289.95
$ 9.06 slightly less expensive
$ 299.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2075 points
2463 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3306 points
4049 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1711 points
2003 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1645 points
1926 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.49 points
50.02 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2821 points
3101 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

919 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
873 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2949 points
3648 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

956 points
1251 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz
3.20 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
54% significantly lower TDP
57 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
1 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

707th of 1,089
636th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4702MQ vs Core i7-4930MX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4930MX beats the Core i7-4702MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4702MQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4930MX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4702MQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4930MX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-4930MX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4702MQ. The Core i7-4930MX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4702MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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