CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4700HQ vs 4200H among laptop CPUs (over 15W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 4700HQ
7.9
Core i5 4200H
4.9
Core i7 4700MQ
7.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 4700HQ
6.2
Core i5 4200H
3.9
Core i7 4700MQ
5.7
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 4700HQ
2.5
Core i5 4200H
2.0
Core i7 4700MQ
3.7
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 4700HQ
4.9
Core i5 4200H
4.0
Core i7 4700MQ
5.4
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 4700HQ
0.9
Core i5 4200H
0.0
Core i7 4700MQ
1.5
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 4700HQ
4.6
Core i5 4200H
4.3
Core i7 4700MQ
4.5
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
2.5

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i7 4700HQ
2.5
Core i5 4200H
0.3
Core i7 4700MQ
3.2

Winner
Intel Core i7 4700HQ 

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 4700HQ vs i5 4200H

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

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 4700HQ  vs
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  vs
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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Comments

Showing 3 comments.
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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