Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

2006 points
2463 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3386 points
4049 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1610 points
2003 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1539 points
1926 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.01 points
50.02 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2710 points
3101 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

895 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
873 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

1.9 GHz
3.20 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
280% significantly lower TDP
57 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

715th of 1,089
636th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8650U vs Core i7-4930MX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4930MX is faster than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4930MX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4930MX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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