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Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 4680U vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Intel Core i7-4870HQ

► remove from comparison Intel 4870HQ

The Intel Core i7-4870HQ is a high-end quad-core processor for laptops launched in Q3 2014. 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 3.5 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.6 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.7 GHz (for 1 active core). A noteworthy feature is the fast integrated graphics unit (GT3e) with eDRAM memory (128 MB, 77 mm², on-package, 102 GB/s).

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, improving the performance per clock by 5 - 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

Compared to the Core i7-4860HQ, the 4870HQ is clocked just 100 MHz higher and therefore only slightly faster. Overall, the performance is similar to the Ivy Bridge-based Core i7-3920XM. Even extremly demanding software or multitasking will be handled easily.

Graphics

The integrated Iris Pro Graphics 5200 GPU offers 40 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1200 MHz (Turbo clock not confirmed yet), making it significantly faster than the HD 4000 or HD 4600. The additional eDRAM memory further improves performance. As a result, the HD 5200 competes with dedicated mid-range graphics cards like the GeForce GT 740M.

Power Consumption

The i7-4870HQ is rated at a TDP of 47 W including the integrated graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.  Therefore, the CPU is best suited for laptops 15-inches or greater.

AMD Ryzen 5 4680U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4680U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4680U is a semi-custom APU of the Renoir family designed for Microsoft devices. The 4680U integrates six CPU cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture clocked at 2.2 GHz (base) to 4 GHz (Boost) with SMT support for a total 12 threads. The two advantages a 4680U has over the older Ryzen 5 4600U are its higher base clock speed and a faster iGPU.

Architecture

The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and in part thanks to this fact, AMD advertises a 2x performance per watt improvement over the 12 nm Ryzen 3000 mobile processors. The built-in dual-channel memory controller supports LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB of L3 cache can be found on the chip.

Just like the other mobile Ryzen 4000 CPUs, a 4680U supports PCI-Express 3.0. Please go to our Renoir processor hub page for additional information on the product family.

Performance

Multi-thread performance is most comparable to the Ryzen 7 4700U and the Core i5-10500H, the latter being a much more power-hungry chip. This makes the Ryzen a more than decent CPU for most tasks, as of early 2022.

Graphics

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a DX 12 compatible Radeon RX Vega 7 graphics adapter with 7 CUs (448 unified shaders) at up to 1,500 MHz. The Vega iGPU will have no trouble HW-decoding AVC, HEVC and VP9 videos, but the newer AV1 codec will only be decoded via software. In terms of gaming, we are looking at an MX150-level performance. Pretty much all games released in 2020 can be played on low to medium settings in 720p on this graphics adapter.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop makers - Microsoft, in this case - are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Indeed, we saw the CPU consume roughly 23 watts when subjected to our usual stress testing routine.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen is built with makes for very decent, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-4910MQ

► remove from comparison Intel 4910MQ

The Intel Core i7-4910MQ is a high-end quad-core processor for laptops which has been launched in Q1/2014. 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 2.9 GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.7 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.8 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.9 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, improving the performance per clock by 5 - 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

Compared to the Core i7-4900MQ, the 4910MQ is clocked just 100 MHz higher and therefore only slightly faster. Overall, the performance is almost similar to the Core i7-4930MX. 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 1300 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it about 30 % faster than the HD 4000. This is slightly slower than the AMD Radeon HD 8650G, but similar to a dedicated GeForce GT 720M.

Power Consumption

The i7-4910MQ 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.

ModelIntel Core i7-4870HQAMD Ryzen 5 4680UIntel Core i7-4910MQ
CodenameHaswellRenoir-U (Zen 2)Haswell
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Core i7
Series: Core i7 Haswell
Intel Core i7-4940MX3.1 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4930MX3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4980HQ2.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4910MQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4900MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4960HQ2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4810MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4870HQ « 2.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4800MQ2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4950HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4860HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4720HQ2.6 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4850HQ2.3 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710MQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770HQ2.2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700MQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4760HQ2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4722HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712HQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712MQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4750HQ2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702HQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702MQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610M3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4578U3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4558U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600U2.1 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4650U1.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4510U2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4500U1.8 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4550U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610Y1.7 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U « 2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4940MX3.1 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4930MX3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4980HQ2.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4910MQ « 2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4900MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4960HQ2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4810MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4870HQ2.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4800MQ2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4950HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4860HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4720HQ2.6 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4850HQ2.3 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710MQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770HQ2.2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700MQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4760HQ2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4722HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712HQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712MQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4750HQ2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702HQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702MQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610M3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4578U3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4558U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600U2.1 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4650U1.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4510U2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4500U1.8 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4550U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610Y1.7 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2500 - 3700 MHz2200 - 4000 MHz2900 - 3900 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB384 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB3 MB1 MB
L3 Cache6 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 86 / 124 / 8
TDP47 Watt15 Watt47 Watt
Transistors1700 Million1400 Million
Technology22 nm7 nm22 nm
Die Size260 mm2177 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C105 °C100 °C
SocketFCBGA1364FP6rPGA
FeaturesIris Pro Graphics 5200 (200 - 1200 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro, AES-NILPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAHD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1300 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro, AES-NI
iGPUIntel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 (200 - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1500 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1300 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$434 U.S.$568 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4680U
28.5 pt (47%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
7073 Points (7%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1163 Points (49%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
451 Points (49%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2478 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 589     avg: 629     median: 621 (4%)     max: 709 Points
1291 Points (8%)
min: 651     avg: 696     median: 697 (4%)     max: 739 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 141     avg: 142.9     median: 143 (40%)     max: 145 Points
170 Points (47%)
min: 149     avg: 152     median: 153 (42%)     max: 154 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 6.18     avg: 6.8     median: 6.8 (9%)     max: 7.53 Points
15.6 Points (20%)
min: 7.05     avg: 7.5     median: 7.5 (10%)     max: 7.99 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.58     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (38%)     max: 1.64 Points
2 Points (48%)
min: 1.69     avg: 1.7     median: 1.7 (41%)     max: 1.75 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5242     avg: 5300     median: 5300 (32%)     max: 5358 Points
5301 Points (32%)
min: 5457     avg: 5512     median: 5512 (33%)     max: 5567 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 17747     avg: 19079     median: 19078.5 (14%)     max: 20410 Points
31826 Points (23%)
min: 19910     avg: 20998     median: 20997.5 (15%)     max: 22085 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 4870HQ +
23488 Points (15%)
112%
1 4910MQ +
26355 Points (17%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 4870HQ +
7044 Points (9%)
103%
1 4910MQ +
7223 Points (9%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 4870HQ +
384.8 s (5%)
248.6 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 4870HQ +
10.6 s (2%)
8.2 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7031 Points (11%)
3576 Points (6%)
3048 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
32745 MIPS (19%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4077 MIPS (48%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 37.03     avg: 39.5     median: 39.5 (1%)     max: 42 fps
104%
1 4910MQ +
41 fps (1%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 169.3     avg: 170     median: 170 (4%)     max: 170.6 fps
95%
1 4910MQ +
162 fps (4%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
7.7 fps (13%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.37     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (11%)     max: 0.376 GB/s
1.2 GB/s (35%)
0.4 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.65     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (11%)     max: 0.662 GB/s
1.4 GB/s (24%)
0.7 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.2 GB/s (11%)
8.3 GB/s (22%)
4.1 GB/s (11%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
458 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (15%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 6095     avg: 6622     median: 6621.5 (14%)     max: 7148 Points
107%
1 4910MQ +
7078 Points (15%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.9 s (2%)
10.5 s (2%)
13 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
22.3 s (1%)
24.6 s (1%)
21 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
502 s (2%)
581 s (3%)
523 s (2%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 4910MQ +
7.7 Points (99%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 21158     avg: 22752     median: 21785 (17%)     max: 25313 Points
117%
1 4910MQ +
25513 Points (20%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7485     avg: 8783     median: 8737.5 (22%)     max: 9690 Points
10051 Points (25%)
8706 Points (21%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 43477     avg: 46195     median: 46655 (38%)     max: 49667 Points
100%
1 4910MQ +
min: 44602     avg: 46333     median: 46567 (38%)     max: 47831 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 4870HQ +
46505 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 4870HQ +
53710 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 5510     avg: 6392     median: 6543 (17%)     max: 6992 Points
106%
1 4910MQ +
min: 6594     avg: 6840     median: 6959 (18%)     max: 6966 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8053     avg: 9137     median: 9452 (17%)     max: 9885 Points
16642 Points (30%)
min: 4496     avg: 8069     median: 9775 (17%)     max: 9937 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
5067 Points (21%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1078 Points (42%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
5785 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 12595     avg: 12610     median: 12609.5 (22%)     max: 12624 Points
102%
1 4910MQ +
12909 Points (23%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4870HQ +
min: 3407     avg: 3415     median: 3414.5 (45%)     max: 3422 Points
106%
1 4910MQ +
3621 Points (47%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4870HQ +
13332 Points (21%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4870HQ +
3603 Points (54%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 4870HQ +
1666 ms (2%)
877 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 4870HQ +
114.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 4870HQ +
27664 Points (20%)
47184 Points (35%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
198 Points (36%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4870HQ → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4680U → 153% n=15

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4910MQ → 99% n=15

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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