Intel Core i7-4500U vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Intel Core i7-4500U
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The Intel Core i7-4500U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for ultrabooks launched in Q2 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 1.8 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.0 GHz for 1 active core or 2.7 GHz for 2 active cores.
Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.
The performance of the Core i7-4500U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Core i7-3537U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.
The integrated HD Graphics 4400 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics 4000. However, the HD 4400 is significantly slower than the HD 5000 found on a number of other ULV models.
The i7-4500U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
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The Intel Core i7-4700MQ is a high-end quad-core processor for laptops. It is based on the Haswell architecture and manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyperthreading, the four cores can handle up to eight threads in parallel leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 2.4 GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.3 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.4 GHz (for 1 active core).
Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.
The performance of the Core i7-4700MQ is slightly above a similarly clocked Ivy Bridge processor due to the architectural improvements. As a result, overall performance is similar to the Ivy Bridge based Core i7-3740QM.
The integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1150 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it about 30 % faster than the HD 4000.
The i7-4700MQ is rated at a TDP of 47 W including graphics card, memory controller and VRMs. Therefore, the CPU is only suited for laptops 15-inches or greater.
| Intel Core i7-4500U | Intel Core i7-4700MQ |
| Intel Core i7 | Intel Core i7 |
| Haswell | Haswell |
Series: Core i7 Haswell | | |
| 1800 - 3000 MHz | 2400 - 3400 MHz |
| 128 KB | 256 KB |
| 512 KB | 1 MB |
| 4 MB | 6 MB |
| 2 / 4 | 4 / 8 |
| 15 | 47 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 100 °C | 100 °C |
| HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI | HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1150 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI |
iGPU | Intel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1150 MHz) |
| | |
Architecture | x86 | x86 |
| | |
| | |
| Intel Core i7 4500U | Intel Core i7 4700MQ |
| | 1400 |
| | 177 mm2 |
| | rPGA |
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 166 avg: 251 median: 260 (6%) max: 274 Points
min: 532 avg: 614 median: 631 (14%) max: 645 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 72 avg: 113 median: 116 (43%) max: 120 Points
min: 124 avg: 132 median: 132 (49%) max: 136 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.99 avg: 2.7 median: 2.8 (6%) max: 2.96 Points
min: 5.22 avg: 6.7 median: 6.9 (14%) max: 7 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.79 avg: 1.3 median: 1.3 (42%) max: 1.34 Points
min: 1.27 avg: 1.5 median: 1.5 (48%) max: 1.54 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 3923 avg: 4316 median: 4343 (39%) max: 4451
min: 3573 avg: 4861 median: 4934 (44%) max: 5031
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6843 avg: 8530 median: 8700 (15%) max: 9095
min: 14079 avg: 18337 median: 19019 (32%) max: 19497
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 8643 avg: 11042 median: 11256 (11%) max: 11827 Points
min: 19383 avg: 23867 median: 24469 (23%) max: 24869 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 5284 avg: 5707 median: 5764 (43%) max: 5897 Points
min: 6281 avg: 6498 median: 6518.5 (49%) max: 6663 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 566.179 avg: 646 median: 629.9 (7%) max: 745.727 s
min: 237.425 avg: 293 median: 271.5 (3%) max: 450.237 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 17.734 avg: 19.8 median: 19.6 (4%) max: 23.534 s
min: 7.628 avg: 9.3 median: 8.4 (2%) max: 14.295 s
min: 2143 avg: 2678 median: 2473.5 (16%) max: 3536
min: 3777 avg: 4201 median: 4266 (27%) max: 4561
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 14.09 avg: 16.2 median: 16.4 (7%) max: 17.26 fps
min: 17.35 avg: 36.5 median: 38.7 (18%) max: 39.71 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 75.33 avg: 88.9 median: 90.6 (27%) max: 92.66 fps
min: 125.58 avg: 145 median: 148 (44%) max: 152.6 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.117 avg: 0.1 median: 0.1 (6%) max: 0.145 GB/s
min: 0.269 avg: 0.3 median: 0.3 (14%) max: 0.343 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.208 avg: 0.2 median: 0.3 (7%) max: 0.256 GB/s
min: 0.461 avg: 0.6 median: 0.6 (16%) max: 0.606 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.3 avg: 1.6 median: 1.6 (6%) max: 1.6 GB/s
min: 3 avg: 3.7 median: 3.7 (14%) max: 3.8 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2464 avg: 3241 median: 3494 (19%) max: 3644 Points
min: 5245 avg: 6537 median: 6872 (38%) max: 6981 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 12 avg: 13.3 median: 12.7 (3%) max: 20.12 s
min: 10 avg: 11.1 median: 10.8 (2%) max: 19.628 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 27.781 avg: 31 median: 28.9 (1%) max: 58.78 s
min: 24 avg: 25.6 median: 24.8 (1%) max: 41.408 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 631.618 avg: 654 median: 646.7 (3%) max: 761.85 s
min: 563.819 avg: 596 median: 576 (3%) max: 838.996 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
min: 46370 avg: 53818 median: 53680 (25%) max: 61540 MIPS
min: 90920 avg: 114085 median: 110766 (53%) max: 145700 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
min: 33000 avg: 34315 median: 34725 (27%) max: 34810 MFLOPS
min: 66380 avg: 78701 median: 81415 (62%) max: 84121 MFLOPS
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
7.1 Points (91%)
7.6 Points (97%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 6321 avg: 8884 median: 9621 (11%) max: 10014 Points
min: 17838 avg: 22130 median: 22915 (26%) max: 23868 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2453 avg: 3481 median: 3555 (15%) max: 4132 Points
min: 5187 avg: 7208 median: 7360.5 (30%) max: 8517 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 21459 avg: 30211 median: 31596.5 (20%) max: 33878 Points
min: 32842 avg: 41546 median: 42954.5 (28%) max: 44189 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30836 avg: 32801 median: 33273 (35%) max: 34294 Points
min: 36671 avg: 41916 median: 43135 (46%) max: 43507 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33510 avg: 34137 median: 34136.5 (35%) max: 34763 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1987 avg: 2594 median: 2727.5 (7%) max: 2861 Points
min: 4683 avg: 6117 median: 6335 (16%) max: 6642 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2155 avg: 3629 median: 3910 (10%) max: 4056 Points
min: 6241 avg: 8602 median: 8906 (22%) max: 9104 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7684 Points (62%)
min: 5128 avg: 7459 median: 7748 (62%) max: 8901 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6872 Points (62%)
min: 5070 avg: 6903 median: 7323 (66%) max: 7942 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
6390 Points (13%)
min: 12277 avg: 12491 median: 12497 (24%) max: 12677 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5718 Points (12%)
min: 11008 avg: 11270 median: 11266 (23%) max: 11428 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6380 Points (17%)
min: 9754 avg: 10442 median: 10614 (28%) max: 10740 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5225 avg: 5369 median: 5348 (9%) max: 5534
min: 12008 avg: 12014 median: 12013.5 (21%) max: 12019
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2659 avg: 2754 median: 2751 (56%) max: 2851
min: 3185 avg: 3234 median: 3233.5 (66%) max: 3282
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
4184 ms (7%)
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4500U → 100% n=36
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4700MQ → 172% n=36
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