Intel Core i7-860 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 3 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

1632 points
1976 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2607 points
3270 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1342 points
1601 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1289 points
1538 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.74 points
48.85 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points
3141 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

441 points
1012 points
129% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points
3224 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

451 points
1110 points
146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
60% significantly more threads
5

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
0.21% slightly higher clock speed
2.79 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.46 GHz
3.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
47 W
102% significantly lower TDP

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

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

783rd of 1,089
724th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-860 vs Core i7-4810MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4810MQ 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-860 has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4810MQ that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4810MQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4810MQ 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.

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 i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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