Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

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

2285 points

2% slightly better overall score

2226 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3638 points

0.64% slightly better gaming score

3615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1884 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1813 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1806 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1735 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.01 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

46.75 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2877 points

2898 points

0.73% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

870 points

961 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3685 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3110 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1019 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

Identical

47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

666th of 1,089

676th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4870HQ vs Core i7-4700MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4870HQ is faster than the Core i7-4700MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700MQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4700MQ. 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 i7-4870HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.