Intel Core i7-860 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Compare Intel Core 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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Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Price

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$ 54.25

$ 713.75 significantly less expensive

$ 768.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1632 points

1744 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2607 points

2886 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1342 points

1409 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1289 points

1352 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.74 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

30.27 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

2448 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

441 points

953 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

2892 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

451 points

948 points

110% significantly 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

22% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.46 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

37 W

156% significantly lower TDP

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

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

783rd of 1,089

767th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-860 vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4712MQ is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 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 i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4712MQ. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-860 thanks to a significantly 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 i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.