Intel Core i7-4700HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-03

The Intel Core i7-4700HQ is a 4 core processor. It can handle 8 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2013. The Intel Core i7-4700HQ is based on the 4. generation of the Intel Core i7 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1168. The Intel Core i7-4700HQ scores 744 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 2,735 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Core i7-4700HQ belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i7-4700HQ.
Name:	Intel Core i7-4700HQ
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
Architecture:	Haswell H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Core i7-4700HQ clock with 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.00 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 4600, the Intel Core i7-4700HQ has an build in graphic solution. It has 20 SM processors, which have a total of 160 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency:	0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.20 GHz
Compute units:	20
Shader:	160
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Release date:	Q2/2013

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-4700HQ supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3L-1333 DDR3L-1600	21.3 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i7-4700HQ has a TDP of 47 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	47 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4700HQ has a 6.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in %%Manufacturing%%. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1168
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q3/2013
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4700HQ have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 Xeon D-1637 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	747
	Intel Core i3-4370T 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	745
	Intel Core i5-3450S 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	745
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	744
	Intel Core i7-4701EQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	744
	Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	744
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	743

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 i7-4765T 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2744
	Intel Core i5-3550 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2741
	Intel Core i7-3612QE 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2737
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2735
	Apple A12 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz	2731
	Intel Core i5-4460 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2722
	Intel Core i5-8365UE 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2721

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 i5-5287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1007
	Intel Core i7-4785T 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1007
	Intel Core i7-4850HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1007
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1004
	Intel Core i7-4701EQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1004
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	1004
	Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1004

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 Xeon D-2123IT 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	3482
	Intel Core i3-9100T 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3474
	Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3458
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3447
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3436
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	3428
	Intel Core i7-8550U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	3419

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 i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	263
	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	262
	Intel Core i7-3770T 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	262
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	261
	Intel Core i7-4500U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	261
	Intel Celeron N4505 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	260
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	259

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 i5-4590 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1227
	Intel Core i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1223
	Intel Core i7-8550U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1211
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1196
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1191
	AMD Ryzen 3 1200 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1191
	Intel Core i7-3770T 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1189

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.


	AMD A8-5500 AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	AMD A8-5500B AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	AMD A8-5600K AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz	384
	Intel Atom x7425E Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz	384
	Intel Processor N200 Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 GHz	384
	Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz	384

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 i5-7440EQ 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	5670
	MediaTek Dimensity 1000C 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	5668
	Intel Core i5-6600T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5665
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	5652
	Intel Core i7-3920XM 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	5648
	Intel Core i7-4750HQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	5644
	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	5642

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1525
	Intel Core i7-4710HQ 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1508
	Intel Core i7-960 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1503
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1497
	Intel Core i5-4590 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1496
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1462
	Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1455

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 i3-4160T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	125
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	125
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	125
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	124
	Intel Core i7-4701EQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	124
	Intel Core i7-4700EQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	124
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1202B 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	124

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 i5-5675C 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	572
	Intel Core i5-5675R 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	572
	Intel Core i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	571
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	568
	Intel Core i7-4701EQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	568
	Intel Core i7-4700EQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	568
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	568

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,429 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,403 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,688 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,638 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
648 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
596 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,943 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,104 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,099 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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