Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i7-4850HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4850HQ is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4850HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.