Intel Core i7-4770S vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 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

2614 points
9% slightly better overall score
2382 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4222 points
15% slightly better gaming score
3668 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2140 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
1988 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2055 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
1908 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.55 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
61.13 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3214 points
3878 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1052 points
1153 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3647 points
3988 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1178 points
1284 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
Identical
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.1 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
100% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

606th of 1,089
646th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2018 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4770S vs Core i7-8705G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8705G beats the Core i7-4770S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4770S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-4770S and Core i7-8705G have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-4770S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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