Intel Core i7-4770HQ vs Intel Xeon E-2234

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-4770HQ CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E-2234
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Xeon E-2234

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-4770HQ or Intel Xeon E-2234 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-4770HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4770HQ was released in Q3/2014.

The Intel Xeon E-2234 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E-2234 was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Intel Xeon E (44)
Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38) CPU group Intel Xeon E-2200 (19)
4 Generation 2
Haswell H Architecture Coffee Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4770HQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4770HQ is 2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E-2234 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E-2234 is at 3.60 GHz (4.80 GHz).

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2234
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2234
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-4770HQ or Intel Xeon E-2234 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 GPU no iGPU
0.20 GHz GPU frequency --
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
40 Compute units --
320 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-4770HQ can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E-2234 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2234
DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
32 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-4770HQ is 47 W, while the Intel Xeon E-2234 has a TDP of 71 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2234
47 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 71 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4770HQ is manufactured in 22 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E-2234 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2234
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1364 Socket LGA 1151-2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2019
434 $ Release price 190 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4770HQ (59%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4770HQ (70%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
755 (56%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.80 GHz
1354 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
3050 (59%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
5128 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1014 (62%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.80 GHz
1643 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
3666 (68%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
5402 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
5790 (58%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
9917 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
131 (60%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.80 GHz
219 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
634 (93%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
679 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
767 (100%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
3249 (100%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.80 GHz
471 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1654 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz
768 (100%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 Intel Xeon E-2234
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Xeon E-2234
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