Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

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 i7-4702MQ

Price

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$ 163.04

$ 126.91 significantly less expensive

$ 289.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1923 points

2075 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3090 points

3306 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1576 points

1711 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1513 points

1645 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.74 points

44.49 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1563 points

2821 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

485 points

919 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1550 points

2949 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

475 points

956 points

101% 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

2.93 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 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

732nd of 1,089

707th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August

2013 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 i7-870 vs Core i7-4702MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-870 performs better than the Core i7-4702MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4702MQ 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4702MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-870 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 i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.