Intel Core i7-975 vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

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

1889 points
2075 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3014 points
3306 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1556 points
1711 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1494 points
1645 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2411 points
2821 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

596 points
919 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1859 points
2949 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

538 points
956 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.33 GHz
51% significantly higher clock speed
2.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
37 W
251% 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

742nd of 1,089
707th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 May
2013 May

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 i7-975 vs Core i7-4702MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-975 is faster than the Core i7-4702MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4702MQ 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 i7-975 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4702MQ. Also, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4702MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-975 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 i7-975 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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