Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Core i5-1334U

Core i7-4710HQ vs Core i5-1334U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1334U beats the Core i7-4710HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1334U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-4710HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4710HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4710HQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1334U. Despite this, the Core i5-1334U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-4710HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.