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Intel Core i7-4500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

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.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

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The AMD Ryzen 7 4700U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4700U integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.1 GHz (Turbo). There is no support for the thread-doubling SMT tech. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the faster R7 4800U, the 4700U offers slightly lower clock speeds and no support for SMT / Hyperthreading.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics card with 7 CUs and up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4700U in our database proves to be a rather competent little processor. It trades blows with the much more power-hungry Intel Core i7-10750H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While it fails to get far enough away from the more affordable Ryzen 5 4600U, this Ryzen 7 is still a good CPU for most tasks.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

The Ryzen 7 4700U is a 15 W chip. However, laptop makers are allowed to change that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and long-term performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around the APU.

The fairly modern 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen is manufactured on makes for above average, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-4500UAMD Ryzen 7 4700U
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameHaswellRenoir-U (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Intel Core i7-4940MX compare3.1 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4930MX compare3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4980HQ compare2.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4910MQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4900MQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4960HQ compare2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4810MQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4870HQ compare2.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4800MQ compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4950HQ compare2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4860HQ compare2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4720HQ compare2.6 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4850HQ compare2.3 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710MQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770HQ compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700HQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700MQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4760HQ compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4722HQ compare2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712HQ compare2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712MQ compare2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4750HQ compare2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702HQ compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702MQ compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610M compare3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600M compare2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4578U compare3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4558U compare2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600U compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4650U compare1.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4510U compare2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4500U « 1.8 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4550U compare1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610Y compare1.7 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U compare2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U compare1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U « 2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U compare2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U compare2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U compare2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock1800 - 3000 MHz2000 - 4100 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB512 KB
L2 Cache512 KB4 MB
L3 Cache4 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 48 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Technology22 nm7 nm
max. Temp.100 °C105 °C
SocketBGA1168FP6
FeaturesHD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1600 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4700U
31.8 pt (44%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
68 Points (1%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 6208     avg: 7102     median: 7378 (7%)     max: 7719 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1217     avg: 1221     median: 1220.5 (52%)     max: 1224 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 448     avg: 466.7     median: 466 (52%)     max: 478 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2401     avg: 2698     median: 2647 (6%)     max: 3095 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 166     avg: 250.7     median: 260 (2%)     max: 274 Points
min: 801     avg: 1091     median: 1094.5 (7%)     max: 1253 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 72     avg: 113     median: 116 (35%)     max: 120 Points
min: 176     avg: 180.3     median: 180 (54%)     max: 185 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.99     avg: 2.7     median: 2.8 (4%)     max: 2.96 Points
12.6 Points (16%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.79     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (33%)     max: 1.34 Points
2.1 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 3923     avg: 4316     median: 4343 (26%)     max: 4451 Points
min: 5475     avg: 5524     median: 5524 (33%)     max: 5573 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6843     avg: 8530     median: 8700 (6%)     max: 9095 Points
min: 23834     avg: 24771     median: 24770.5 (18%)     max: 25707 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 8643     avg: 11042     median: 11256 (8%)     max: 11827 Points
45303 Points (31%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 5284     avg: 5707     median: 5764 (7%)     max: 5897 Points
9491 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 566     avg: 645     median: 630 (7%)     max: 746 s
265.7 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 17.73     avg: 19.8     median: 19.6 (4%)     max: 23.53 s
7.9 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 2143     avg: 2678     median: 2473.5 (4%)     max: 3536 Points
min: 3888     avg: 3963     median: 3963 (6%)     max: 4038 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 26652     avg: 30273     median: 30954 (18%)     max: 33890 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4208     avg: 4361     median: 4361.5 (52%)     max: 4470 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 14.09     avg: 16.2     median: 16.4 (6%)     max: 17.26 fps
57.4 fps (20%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 75.3     avg: 88.9     median: 90.6 (21%)     max: 92.7 fps
191.3 fps (44%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 6.79     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (15%)     max: 10.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.117     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.145 GB/s
min: 0.571     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (0%)     max: 0.708 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.208     avg: 0.2     median: 0.3 (4%)     max: 0.256 GB/s
min: 0.929     avg: 1     median: 1 (17%)     max: 1.1 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.3     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
min: 5     avg: 5.3     median: 5.3 (14%)     max: 5.5 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
858 Seconds (11%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 407     avg: 479.6     median: 477.5 (3%)     max: 537 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.598     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.651 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2464     avg: 3241     median: 3494 (7%)     max: 3644 Points
min: 8497     avg: 8629     median: 8629 (18%)     max: 8761 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
10 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 27.78     avg: 31     median: 28.9 (1%)     max: 58.8 s
23.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 632     avg: 654     median: 647 (3%)     max: 762 s
599 s (3%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 46370     avg: 53818     median: 53680 (25%)     max: 61540 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 4500U +
min: 33000     avg: 34315     median: 34725 (27%)     max: 34810 MFLOPS
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 4500U +
7.1 Points (91%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 6321     avg: 8884     median: 9621 (8%)     max: 10014 Points
34583 Points (30%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2453     avg: 3481     median: 3555 (10%)     max: 4132 Points
min: 9347     avg: 10076     median: 9601.5 (26%)     max: 11537 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 21459     avg: 30211     median: 31596.5 (26%)     max: 33878 Points
min: 58167     avg: 61666     median: 61529.5 (50%)     max: 65439 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30836     avg: 32801     median: 33273 (27%)     max: 34294 Points
min: 58593     avg: 62251     median: 64060 (52%)     max: 65582 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33510     avg: 34137     median: 34136.5 (29%)     max: 34763 Points
min: 64456     avg: 68216     median: 67931 (57%)     max: 70845 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1987     avg: 2594     median: 2727.5 (7%)     max: 2861 Points
min: 7698     avg: 9402     median: 9475 (24%)     max: 10860 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2155     avg: 3629     median: 3910 (7%)     max: 4056 Points
min: 10953     avg: 13815     median: 14100 (25%)     max: 15386 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3420     avg: 4699     median: 4722 (20%)     max: 5345 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1101     avg: 1134     median: 1131 (48%)     max: 1168 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4792     avg: 5630     median: 5656 (10%)     max: 6502 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1125     avg: 1140     median: 1128 (5%)     max: 1167 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4884     avg: 5220     median: 5018 (16%)     max: 5757 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4560     avg: 4792     median: 4841 (48%)     max: 4974 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19566     avg: 21030     median: 21001 (23%)     max: 22524 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4751 Points (65%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
19818 Points (48%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5225     avg: 5369     median: 5348 (9%)     max: 5534 Points
20656 Points (37%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2659     avg: 2754     median: 2751 (54%)     max: 2851 Points
4351 Points (85%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
21923 Points (34%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4611 Points (69%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7684 Points (62%)
8930 Points (72%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6872 Points (62%)
6857 Points (62%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
6390 Points (13%)
21332 Points (42%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5718 Points (12%)
20116 Points (40%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6380 Points (17%)
16771 Points (44%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 805     avg: 838     median: 825 (1%)     max: 954 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
90.4 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 34607     avg: 43312     median: 43380.5 (39%)     max: 51878 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 192     avg: 205.6     median: 203 (42%)     max: 224 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
926 Points (35%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.5     avg: 35.3     median: 28 (5%)     max: 51.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 36.5     avg: 37.5     median: 37 (7%)     max: 39.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
5 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 26.9     avg: 29.6     median: 28 (21%)     max: 34 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4500U → 100% n=34

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4700U → 249% n=34

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