Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 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

3463 points
0.58% slightly better overall score
3443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points
5691 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
2780 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
2664 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
55.68 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3525 points
3778 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points
1286 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3854 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3763 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
1297 points
4% 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

2.8 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
45 W
4% slightly lower TDP

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
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

489th of 1,089
491st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-4980HQ vs Core i5-9300HF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4980HQ performs better than the Core i5-9300HF. Despite this, the Core i5-9300HF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9300HF. Despite this, the Core i5-9300HF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9300HF outputs less heat than Core i7-4980HQ thanks to a 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 i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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