Intel Core i7-4720HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-4720HQ 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 BGA 1364 socket and was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i7-4720HQ scores 787 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,843 points.
Intel Core i7-4720HQ

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-4720HQ. 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 i7-4720HQ.

Name: Intel Core i7-4720HQ
Family: Intel Core i7
CPU group: Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4720HQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4720HQ is 2.60 GHz (3.60 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: 2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.40 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-4720HQ has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-4720HQ 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): 1.20 GHz
Execution 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

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

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.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4720HQ 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: BGA 1364
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 MB
Architecture: Haswell H
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: Q1/2015
Release price: 380 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4720HQ 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.


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 i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
298
Intel Xeon Gold 5120 Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz
298
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
296
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
295
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
294
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
10C 20T @ 3.10 GHz
293
Intel Core i5-4570 Intel Core i5-4570
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
290
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz
1288
Intel Core i5-5675C Intel Core i5-5675C
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1283
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.15 GHz
1281
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1279
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1261
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
1246
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1245
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



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 i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1046
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1046
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1046
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1045
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1045
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1043
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
1042
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



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 Core i5-5675R Intel Core i5-5675R
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3632
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3627
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3621
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3607
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3600
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U AMD Ryzen 3 5400U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3600
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3599
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



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 E5-2630L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
788
Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
788
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
6C 6T @ 2.40 GHz
788
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
787
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 AMD Ryzen 5 1400
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
787
Intel Xeon D-1732TE Intel Xeon D-1732TE
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
786
Intel Core i7-7Y75 Intel Core i7-7Y75
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
786
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

MediaTek Dimensity 1100 MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2853
AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2847
Intel Core i7-3632QM Intel Core i7-3632QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2845
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
2843
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2842
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2842
Samsung Exynos 1380 Samsung Exynos 1380
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2841
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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 i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 1.00 GHz
384
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



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 i7-3820 Intel Core i7-3820
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
5775
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
5766
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
5758
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5755
Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
5744
Intel Xeon W-2104 Intel Xeon W-2104
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
5739
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
5739
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



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 i5-4670K Intel Core i5-4670K
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1553
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1550
Intel Core i7-4710MQ Intel Core i7-4710MQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
1549
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1546
AMD FX-8350 AMD FX-8350
8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1543
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1542
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1539
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



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 Xeon E3-1240L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
138
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
138
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz
138
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
137
Intel Celeron G5905T Intel Celeron G5905T
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
137
Intel Celeron G5900T Intel Celeron G5900T
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
137
Intel Celeron G5900E Intel Celeron G5900E
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
137
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



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 i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
634
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
634
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
630
Intel Pentium G3220 Intel Pentium G3220
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
625
Intel Core i5-1035G1 Intel Core i5-1035G1
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
624
Intel Core i7-4870HQ Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
623
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1.61
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1.61
Intel Core i7-3970X Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1.61
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1.61
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1.6
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1.6
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1.6
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i7-5850EQ Intel Core i7-5850EQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
7.05
Intel Core i7-4800MQ Intel Core i7-4800MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
7.03
AMD FX-8370 AMD FX-8370
8C 8T @ 4.15 GHz
7.02
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
7
AMD FX-8310 AMD FX-8310
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
6.94
Intel Core i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
6.94
AMD FX-8350 AMD FX-8350
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
6.94
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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