Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4712MQ performs better than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ 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 i7-4712MQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.