Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

2925 points
0.93% slightly better overall score
2898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4768 points
13% slightly better gaming score
4205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2381 points
2534 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2286 points
2452 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.02 points
84.75 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4080 points
7276 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1280 points
2112 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.4 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
96 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6.5 MiB
550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

548th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4770K vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770K beats the Core 7 150U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-4770K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4770K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 150U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770K. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more 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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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