Intel Core i7-8705G vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Core i7-8705G vs Core i7-4700MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8705G beats the Core i7-4700MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Also, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-8705G thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8705G has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4700MQ. The Core i7-8705G also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.