Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Compare Intel 7th 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

2610 points
21% slightly better overall score
2150 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points
17% slightly better gaming score
3517 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
1748 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
1675 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
48.71 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2985 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
965 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3089 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1009 points

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
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
4% slightly lower TDP
47 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
696th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2014 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 i7-4710HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700HQ is faster than the Core i7-4710HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4710HQ. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4710HQ CPU because of its 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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