Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2150 points

2285 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3517 points

3638 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1748 points

1884 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

1806 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.71 points

57.01 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2985 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2877 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

965 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

870 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3089 points

3685 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1009 points

1136 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

Identical

47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

696th of 1,089

666th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4710HQ vs Core i7-4870HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4870HQ performs better than the Core i7-4710HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-4710HQ and Core i7-4870HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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