Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
Intel Socket G3MOBILE
2400 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2013
Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    105%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    110%
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    120%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

10% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
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 i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2017vsMay 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
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 i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket G3
Max Case Tempunknownvs100°C
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-PGA946
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4700MQ
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs47 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    3808 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    12902 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    146
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    132

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    523
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    631

points - higher is better