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Intel Core i3-4030U vs Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Last updated: 2026-05-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 60 %

Intel Core i3-4030U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core i3-4030U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

449

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

750

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

1,040

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

2,698

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4400

320

Intel HD Graphics 4600

320

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

65 cb

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

124 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

191 cb

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

568 cb

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000U (26)	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture	Haswell U	Haswell S
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1168	BGA 1364
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	1.90 GHz	2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4400	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency	0.20 - 1.00 GHz	0.40 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	20 / 160
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
TDP	15 W	47 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core i7-4700EQ
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2014	Q2/2013
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-4030U is 3.3 stars (13 ratings), while Intel Core i7-4700EQ has received 5.0 stars (2 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-4030U
2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C / 8T · 2.40 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★