Intel Core i7-960 vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

Core i7-960 vs Core i7-4702MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-960 beats the Core i7-4702MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4702MQ 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-960 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4702MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-960 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-960 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.