Intel Core i7-4910MQ vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Core i7-4910MQ vs Core i7-4710MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4710MQ beats the Core i7-4910MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4910MQ 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 i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Core i7-4910MQ 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-4710MQ has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4910MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4910MQ has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-4710MQ.

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 i7-4910MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.