Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Core i7-930 vs Core i7-4910MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4910MQ 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-930. Also, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4910MQ 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.