Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel N97

Core i7-4720HQ vs N97 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the N97. Despite this, the N97 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N97. The info from our database shows that the N97 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4720HQ. 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.