Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 3 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

1474 points
1976 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2489 points
3270 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1179 points
1601 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1132 points
1538 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

31.28 points
48.85 points
56% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1489 points
3141 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

419 points
1012 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1431 points
3224 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

415 points
1110 points
167% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
60% significantly more threads
5

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.79 GHz
2.79 GHz
0.04% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.93 GHz
3.8 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
47 W
176% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

3
49% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

24 GiB
32 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

814th of 1,089
724th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2008 November
2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-920 vs Core i7-4810MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4810MQ performs better than the Core i7-920. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-920 has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-4810MQ has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4810MQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-920. Also, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4810MQ 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 i7-4810MQ

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

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