Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i7-4702MQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Core i7-4702MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4702MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number 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 i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4702MQ 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4702MQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.