Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Core i7-920 vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-920 beats the Core i7-4712MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-920 thanks to a significantly 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 i7-920 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ

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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.