Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
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The Intel Core i7-4710HQ 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 2.5 GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.4 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.5 GHz (for 1 active core).
Architecture
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.
Performance
The performance of the Core i7-4710HQ is similar to the Core i7-4850HQ or the Ivy Bridge-based i7-3820QM. Even extremly demanding software or multitasking will be handled easily.
Graphics
The integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1200 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it about 30 % faster than the HD 4000.
Power Consumption
The i7-4710HQ 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 i7-4700MQ
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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 i7-4710HQ | Intel Core i7-4700MQ |
| Intel Core i7 | Intel Core i7 |
| Haswell | Haswell |
Series: Core i7 Haswell | | |
| 2500 - 3500 MHz | 2400 - 3400 MHz |
| 256 KB | 256 KB |
| 1 MB | 1 MB |
| 6 MB | 6 MB |
| 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| 47 | 47 |
| 1400 | 1400 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 177 mm2 | 177 mm2 |
| 100 °C | 100 °C |
| FCBGA1364 | rPGA |
| HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1200 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 4600 (400 - 1200 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1150 MHz) |
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Architecture | x86 | x86 |
| $378 U.S. | |
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| Intel Core i7 4710HQ | Intel Core i7 4700MQ |
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 499 avg: 611 median: 646 (14%) max: 661 Points
min: 532 avg: 614 median: 631 (14%) max: 645 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 116 avg: 133 median: 135 (50%) max: 140 Points
min: 124 avg: 132 median: 132 (49%) max: 136 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 4.59 avg: 6.7 median: 7 (14%) max: 7.22 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: 1.29 avg: 1.5 median: 1.5 (49%) max: 1.56 Points
min: 1.27 avg: 1.5 median: 1.5 (48%) max: 1.54 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4618 avg: 4983 median: 5008 (45%) max: 5171
min: 3573 avg: 4861 median: 4934 (44%) max: 5031
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 14533 avg: 18012 median: 19044 (32%) max: 19521
min: 14079 avg: 18337 median: 19019 (32%) max: 19497
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 17829 avg: 22377 median: 23773 (23%) max: 25104 Points
min: 19383 avg: 23867 median: 24469 (23%) max: 24869 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 5185 avg: 6516 median: 6645 (50%) max: 6809 Points
min: 6281 avg: 6498 median: 6518.5 (49%) max: 6663 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 237.394 avg: 279 median: 262.6 (3%) max: 320.728 s
min: 237.425 avg: 293 median: 271.5 (3%) max: 450.237 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 7.453 avg: 7.7 median: 7.8 (2%) max: 8.012 s
min: 7.628 avg: 9.3 median: 8.4 (2%) max: 14.295 s
min: 3693 avg: 4232 median: 4323.5 (28%) max: 4587
min: 3777 avg: 4201 median: 4266 (27%) max: 4561
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 30.6 avg: 36.7 median: 38 (17%) max: 40.1 fps
min: 17.35 avg: 36.5 median: 38.7 (18%) max: 39.71 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 118 avg: 142 median: 150 (44%) max: 153.12 fps
min: 125.58 avg: 145 median: 148 (44%) max: 152.6 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.344 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (15%) max: 0.541 GB/s
min: 0.269 avg: 0.3 median: 0.3 (14%) max: 0.343 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.6 avg: 0.6 median: 0.6 (17%) max: 0.628 GB/s
min: 0.461 avg: 0.6 median: 0.6 (16%) max: 0.606 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 3 avg: 3.8 median: 3.9 (14%) max: 3.9 GB/s
min: 3 avg: 3.7 median: 3.7 (14%) max: 3.8 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 5494 avg: 6682 median: 6980.5 (39%) max: 7129 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: 10.5 avg: 10.7 median: 10.7 (2%) max: 11.209 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: 24.016 avg: 24.4 median: 24.3 (1%) max: 25.287 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: 553.816 avg: 568 median: 562.2 (2%) max: 587.266 s
min: 563.819 avg: 596 median: 576 (3%) max: 838.996 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
min: 90920 avg: 114085 median: 110766 (53%) max: 145700 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
min: 66380 avg: 78701 median: 81415 (62%) max: 84121 MFLOPS
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
7.6 Points (97%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 19149 avg: 22561 median: 23904 (28%) max: 24195 Points
min: 17838 avg: 22130 median: 22915 (26%) max: 23868 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 6038 avg: 7340 median: 7491 (31%) max: 8388 Points
min: 5187 avg: 7208 median: 7360.5 (30%) max: 8517 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 30628 avg: 40964 median: 42879.5 (28%) max: 45662 Points
min: 32842 avg: 41546 median: 42954.5 (28%) max: 44189 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 32422 avg: 39519 median: 42771 (45%) max: 43365 Points
min: 36671 avg: 41916 median: 43135 (46%) max: 43507 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 44331 avg: 44689 median: 44689 (46%) max: 45047 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 4736 avg: 6023 median: 6373.5 (16%) max: 6672 Points
min: 4683 avg: 6117 median: 6335 (16%) max: 6642 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6504 avg: 8579 median: 9083 (23%) max: 9375 Points
min: 6241 avg: 8602 median: 8906 (22%) max: 9104 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7547 Points (61%)
min: 5128 avg: 7459 median: 7748 (62%) max: 8901 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6881 Points (62%)
min: 5070 avg: 6903 median: 7323 (66%) max: 7942 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
12985 Points (25%)
min: 12277 avg: 12491 median: 12497 (24%) max: 12677 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
11762 Points (24%)
min: 11008 avg: 11270 median: 11266 (23%) max: 11428 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
10792 Points (28%)
min: 9754 avg: 10442 median: 10614 (28%) max: 10740 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11275 avg: 12028 median: 12231 (22%) max: 12374
min: 12008 avg: 12014 median: 12013.5 (21%) max: 12019
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2942 avg: 3186 median: 3249 (67%) max: 3302
min: 3185 avg: 3234 median: 3233.5 (66%) max: 3282
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1274.3 avg: 1941 median: 1997.4 (3%) max: 2090 ms
4184 ms (7%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 82.8 avg: 93.1 median: 86.1 (1%) max: 154.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 14810 avg: 17359 median: 16503 (26%) max: 29193 Points
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4710HQ → 100% n=34
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4700MQ → 99% n=34
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