Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2351 points
2463 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4134 points
2% slightly better gaming score
4049 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1817 points
2003 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1720 points
1926 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.01 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
50.02 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2877 points
3101 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

870 points
873 points
0.34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3685 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3648 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1251 points
10% 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

2.5 GHz
3.20 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
21% slightly lower TDP
57 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

669th of 1,119
654th of 1,119

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

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
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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