Intel Pentium J6426 vs Intel Core i7-4950HQ

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Intel Pentium J6426 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-4950HQ
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Core i7-4950HQ

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J6426 or Intel Core i7-4950HQ - 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 Pentium J6426 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Core i7-4950HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4950HQ was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
11 Generation 4
Elkhart Lake Architecture Haswell H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i7-5950HQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J6426 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz). The Intel Core i7-4950HQ has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Pentium J6426 Characteristic Intel Core i7-4950HQ
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
11 GPU Generation 7.5
10 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
32 Compute units 40
256 Shader 320
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

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 UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium J6426 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4950HQ can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Intel Core i7-4950HQ
LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium J6426 has a TDP of 10 W, that of the Intel Core i7-4950HQ is 47 W.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Intel Core i7-4950HQ
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 47 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J6426 has a 1.50 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-4950HQ cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Intel Core i7-4950HQ
10 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1493 Socket BGA 1364
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (65%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (52%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (79%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
842 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1880 (57%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3317 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
525 (51%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1022 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1245 (34%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3637 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (55%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.30 GHz
832 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
4150 (66%)
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6314 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Core i7-4950HQ
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