Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Core i7-870 vs Core i7-4810MQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4810MQ is faster than the Core i7-870. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-870 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 i7-870 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.