Intel Core i7-930 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

1941 points
1976 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3145 points
3270 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1583 points
1601 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1519 points
1538 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.18 points
48.85 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1490 points
3141 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

432 points
1012 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1449 points
3224 points
122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

425 points
1110 points
161% 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

2.8 GHz
0.21% slightly higher clock speed
2.79 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.06 GHz
3.8 GHz
24% 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

729th 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

2010 February
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 i7-930 vs Core i7-4810MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4810MQ performs better than the Core i7-930. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-930 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-930 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-4810MQ. Indeed, the Core i7-930 has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Core i7-4810MQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4810MQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-930 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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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