Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 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

2143 points
2307 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3261 points
3862 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1816 points
1859 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1755 points
1784 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
54.97 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2842 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
933 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3402 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1123 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
4% slightly lower TDP
47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,125
682nd of 1,125

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-4900MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4900MQ is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4900MQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4900MQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4900MQ. The Core i9-8950HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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