Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i5-4670

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

2610 points
12% slightly better overall score
2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points
4272 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
1777 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
1705 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
46.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3099 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points
1130 points
0.44% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3282 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points
1186 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.4 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
86% significantly lower TDP
84 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

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089
655th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-4670 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Core i5-4670 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4670 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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