Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Core i9-12900T vs Core i7-4700MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900T performs better than the Core i7-4700MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4700MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-4700MQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4700MQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4700MQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4700MQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4700MQ. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.