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

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-4700MQ. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-4700MQ.

Name: Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Family: Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
Architecture: Haswell H
Segment: Mobile
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

Internal Graphics

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 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.
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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 i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
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

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 i5-6400 Intel Core i5-6400
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2706
Qualcomm QCM6490 Qualcomm QCM6490
8C 8T @ 2.71 GHz
2705
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2700
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2698
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2698
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2698
Intel Core i7-4700EQ Intel Core i7-4700EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2698

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 i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
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 i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
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 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
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3412
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3410
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3410
Intel Core i7-4790T Intel Core i7-4790T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3401
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T MediaTek Kompanio 1300T
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3389

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 A8-5550M 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
AMD A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
AMD Radeon HD 8550D @ 0.72 GHz
369
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i3-4370T Intel Core i3-4370T
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i3-4170T Intel Core i3-4170T
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i5-4200H Intel Core i5-4200H
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.
AMD Ryzen 5 3500C AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
5377
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
5368
Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
5353
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5350
Intel Core i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5350
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
5341
Intel Core i7-2600 Intel Core i7-2600
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5332

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.
Intel Core i5-8265U Intel Core i5-8265U
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
637.2
Intel Core i5-7500 Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
638.4
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
642.1
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
652.7
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
654
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
671.5
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
673.9

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 i7-4700HQ 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
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1453
Intel Core i5-4570 Intel Core i5-4570
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1453
Intel Core i7-875K Intel Core i7-875K
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
1447

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 i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
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 i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
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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