Intel Core i7 4700HQ vs i5 4200H

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Intel Core i7 4700HQ

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i7 4700HQ vs the Core i5 4200H.

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Intel Core i5 4200H

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i5 4200H vs the Core i7 4700HQ.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4700HQ

7.55 mHash/s

Core i5 4200H

6.85 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 4700HQ

14.54 mPixels/s

Core i5 4200H

14.25 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4700HQ

1.46 fps

Core i5 4200H

1.13 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4700HQ

3,083

Core i5 4200H

2,603

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4700HQ

6,589

Core i5 4200H

5,514

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4700HQ

11,292

Core i5 4200H

5,973

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4700HQ

2,985

Core i5 4200H

2,836

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4700HQ

3,870,000 MB/s

Core i5 4200H

3,285,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 4700HQ	i5 4200H
Clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	47W	47W
Annual home energy cost	11.32 $/year	11.32 $/year
Performance per watt	16.03 pt/W	15.19 pt/W
Typical power consumption	38.19W	38.19W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 4700HQ	i5 4200H
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	8	4
L2 cache	1 MB	0.5 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.46 GHz	3.33 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.46 GHz	3.33 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4600	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,200 MHz	1,150 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3L-1333
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	12,800 MB/s

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Hervé J (08:38 PM, May 26, 2019)

I love my i7-4700HQ 😏 ( it is still going strong even after 6-7 years of usage)

Naud van Dalen (12:19 PM, August 5, 2014)

"No winner declared. Too close to call." The i7-4700HQ has 8.2 points and the i5-4200H only has 7,4 points, so the i7-4700HQ wins hands down.

Truth (02:33 PM, May 9, 2014)

4200H is low end trash

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