Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-4800MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i7-4800MQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4800MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4800MQ. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4800MQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4800MQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4800MQ. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4800MQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4800MQ. The Core i9-8950HK 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.