Intel Core i7-4960HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-04

The Intel Core i7-4960HQ 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 Q4/2013. The Intel Core i7-4960HQ scores 906 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,538 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-4960HQ. 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 i7-4960HQ.
Name:	Intel Core i7-4960HQ
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 i7-4960HQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4960HQ is 2.60 GHz (3.80 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):	3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	--

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

The Intel Core i7-4960HQ has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-4960HQ uses the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200, which has 320 texture shaders and 40 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU frequency:	0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 GHz
Compute units:	40
Shader:	320
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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
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.

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 i7-4960HQ 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
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:	Q4/2013
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz)

buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate this processor

Here you can rate this processor to help other visitors make their purchase decision. The average rating of this processor is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:

Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4960HQ 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 Celeron G5905 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	907
	Intel Celeron G5920 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	907
	Intel Core i7-7700T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	907
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	906
	Intel Core i5-7260U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	906
	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	906
	Intel Core i7-4770R 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	906

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 i7-7820HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3547
	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3544
	Intel Core i5-9300HF 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3544
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3538
	Intel Core i7-4940MX 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	3538
	Intel Core i5-8400H 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3534
	Intel Xeon W-2104 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3531

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 i3-6100T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i7-5820K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	1086
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 20C 40T @ 3.60 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1084
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1084
	Intel Core i7-6560U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1084
	Intel Core i5-6440EQ 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1084

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 i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	3846
	Intel Core i5-1035G7 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3842
	Intel Core i7-4900MQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	3839
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3827
	Intel Core i5-8400H 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3826
	Intel Core i3-9100F 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3824
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3824

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 Celeron 7305 Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.10 GHz	844
	Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.10 GHz	844
	Intel Core i3-1210U Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 0.85 GHz	843
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.30 GHz	832
	Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.30 GHz	832
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.30 GHz	832
	Intel Core i7-14700T Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.60 GHz	820

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 Xeon E3-1230 v3 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	6777
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	6751
	MediaTek Dimensity 8100 8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz	6735
	Intel Core i7-4960HQ 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	6732
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	6722
	Intel Core i3-9100F 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	6685
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	6685

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,479 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,452 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,745 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,693 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,010 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,386 entries

Popular comparisons


1.		Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs Apple M1
2.		AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ
3.		Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs Intel Core i7-9750H
4.		Intel Core i7-3520M vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ
5.		AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ
6.		Intel Core i3-2330E vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ
7.		Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8.		Intel Celeron 3765U vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ
9.		Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
10.		Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs Intel Core i5-7300HQ