Intel Core i7-4700MQ Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-4700MQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 946 socket and was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Core i7-4700MQ scores 744 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,698 points.
Intel Core i7-4700MQ

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Family: Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
Architecture: Haswell H
Technology: 22 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4700MQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4700MQ is 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-4700MQ has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-4700MQ uses the Intel HD Graphics 4600, which has 160 texture shaders and 20 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 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

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.

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 processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

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

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 47 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

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

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4700MQ is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 6.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 946
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: Q2/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4700MQ 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 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1009
Intel Core i5-5287U Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1007
Intel Core i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1007
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1004
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1004
Intel Core i7-4578U Intel Core i7-4578U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1001
Intel Core i7-5650U Intel Core i7-5650U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
997

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3504
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3447
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3419
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3410
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3372
Intel Core i7-4760HQ Intel Core i7-4760HQ
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
3367
Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3360

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.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
749
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
749
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
749
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i5-7Y54 Intel Core i5-7Y54
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
743
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
740

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 i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2721
Intel Core i3-9100HL Intel Core i3-9100HL
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
2712
Intel Core i7-2960XM Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2710
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2698
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2696
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
2684
AMD Ryzen 7 3700C AMD Ryzen 7 3700C
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2684

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 i5-11400H Intel Core i5-11400H
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
371
AMD A8-5550M AMD A8-5550M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369
AMD A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i3-4110M Intel Core i3-4110M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368

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 i5-6440EQ Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5418
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5417
AMD Ryzen 5 3500C AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
5377
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5350
Intel Core i7-8665UE Intel Core i7-8665UE
4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
5324
Intel Core i7-4712HQ Intel Core i7-4712HQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
5321
Intel Core i7-4712MQ Intel Core i7-4712MQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
5302

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
574.1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
576.6
Intel Core i5-8265U Intel Core i5-8265U
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
637.2
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
652.7
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
671.5
Intel Core i7-4810MQ Intel Core i7-4810MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
683.8
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
700

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 i7-4710HQ Intel Core i7-4710HQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
1508
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1497
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
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
1443
Intel Core i7-3632QM Intel Core i7-3632QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1434
Intel Core i7-4702MQ Intel Core i7-4702MQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1387

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 i5-4310M Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
126
Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
126
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
126
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
124
Intel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i7-4510U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
124
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
124
Intel Core i5-4300M Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 3.30 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.
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
584
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
578
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
571
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
568
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
568
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
564
Intel Core i5-8365U Intel Core i5-8365U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
558

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