Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Core i7-950

Core i7-4710HQ vs Core i7-950 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4710HQ beats the Core i7-950 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4710HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its 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 i7-4710HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.