Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i7-4702MQ

Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel Core i7-4702MQ
Intel Socket G3MOBILE
2200 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2013
Intel Core i7-4702MQ

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    114%
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    138%
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8550U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 38% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4702MQ

9% higher multi threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2017vsMay 2013

Cores

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket G3
Max Case Tempunknownvs100°C
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-PGA946
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i7-4702MQ
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs37 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    11827 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    526
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    575

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8550U (simulated)
    171.76
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    124

points - higher is better