Intel Core i7-4700HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i7-4700HQ

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 (293)
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
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

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
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2013
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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 & 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.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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 22 nm. 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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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 Intel Xeon D-1637
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
747
Intel Core i3-4370T Intel Core i3-4370T
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
745
Intel Core i5-3450S Intel Core i5-3450S
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
745
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i5-7Y54 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 Intel Core i7-4765T
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2744
Intel Core i5-3550 Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2741
Intel Core i7-3612QE Intel Core i7-3612QE
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2737
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2735
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
2731
Intel Core i5-4460 Intel Core i5-4460
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2722
Intel Core i5-8365UE 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 Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1007
Intel Core i7-4785T Intel Core i7-4785T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1007
Intel Core i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1007
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1004
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1004
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
1004
Intel Core i7-4700MQ 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 Intel Xeon D-2123IT
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3482
Intel Core i3-9100T Intel Core i3-9100T
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3474
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3458
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3447
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3436
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
3428
Intel Core i7-8550U 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 Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
263
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
262
Intel Core i7-3770T Intel Core i7-3770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
262
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
261
Intel Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
261
Intel Celeron N4505 Intel Celeron N4505
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
260
Intel Pentium G4560 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 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1227
Intel Core i5-4590S Intel Core i5-4590S
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1223
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1211
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1196
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1191
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1191
Intel Core i7-3770T 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 A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 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 Intel Core i5-7440EQ
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
5670
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
5668
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
5665
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5652
Intel Core i7-3920XM Intel Core i7-3920XM
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
5648
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
5644
Intel Core i5-6500 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 Intel Core i7-3610QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1525
Intel Core i7-4710HQ Intel Core i7-4710HQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
1508
Intel Core i7-960 Intel Core i7-960
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1503
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1497
Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1496
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1462
Intel Core i7-4700MQ 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 Intel Core i3-4160T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
125
Intel Pentium G3250 Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
125
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz
125
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
124
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
124
Intel Core i7-4700EQ Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
124
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1202B 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 Intel Core i5-5675C
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
572
Intel Core i5-5675R Intel Core i5-5675R
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
572
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
571
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
568
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
568
Intel Core i7-4700EQ Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
568
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
568

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