Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4790

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

2865 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

4473 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

2388 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

2298 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2441 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

63.87 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

3751 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

1174 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

3891 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

1241 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.60 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

558th 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

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i7-4790 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790 beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 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.