Intel Core i7-4850HQ vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Core i7-4850HQ vs Core i7-4870HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4870HQ is faster than the Core i7-4850HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4850HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-4870HQ 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4850HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.