Intel Core i7-4850HQ 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

2386 points
0.17% slightly better overall score
2382 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4177 points
13% slightly better gaming score
3668 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1866 points
1988 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1778 points
1908 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.15 points
61.13 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3194 points
3878 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

928 points
1153 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3202 points
3988 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

999 points
1284 points
28% 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

2.3 GHz
3.1 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
38% slightly lower TDP
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

645th 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 August
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 i7-4850HQ vs Core i7-8705G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4850HQ is faster than the Core i7-8705G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8705G in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4850HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8705G CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.

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