Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Core i7-4720HQ vs Pentium Gold G6400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4720HQ beats the Pentium Gold G6400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium Gold G6400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium Gold G6400 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G6400 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Pentium Gold G6400. The Core i7-4720HQ also has significantly more 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.