Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

1830 points

2212 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points

3474 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points

1842 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points

1774 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

74% significantly higher Blender score

26.94 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2933 points

144% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1202 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

950 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

520 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1622 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

519 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

45 W

4% slightly lower TDP

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

754th of 1,089

680th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i7-2820QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Core i7-2820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2820QM outputs less heat than Core i7-4720HQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.