UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-3930K vs i7-4700MQ

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Best Bench: 71% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 32% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 32% Great: 71%

SPEED RANK: 601^st / 1442

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 46%

Yacht

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.2 GHz
Worst Bench: 63% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 63% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 314^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		58.6 %			74.4 %	Faster effective speed. +27%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	72.9 Pts	85.2 Pts	Lower memory latency. +17%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	76.7 Pts	91.6 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +19%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	145 Pts	182 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +26%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	243 Pts	344 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +42%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	349 Pts	548 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +57%


Memory OC Memory Latency	88 Pts	94.7 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +8%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	92.5 Pts	112 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +21%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	181 Pts	223 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +23%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	314 Pts	432 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +38%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	470 Pts	684 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +46%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.06 %	Much higher market share. +50%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	63.4 %		74.2 %	Better value. +17%
User Rating UBM User Rating	55 %		63 %	More popular. +15%
Price Price (score)	$209	Cheaper. +25%	$280


Age Newest	133 Months	More recent. +11%	149 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +64%	130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +31%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.4 GHz		3.2 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +33%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +12%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	470 Pts		841 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +79%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	357 Pts		681 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +91%


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell	Sandy Bridge-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCPGA946	FCLGA2011
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4600	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'13	Q4'11
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	12 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0	SSE4.2, AVX, AES
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$378.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3L 1333/1600	DDR3 1066/1333/1600
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3	2.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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The Intel Core i7-4700MQ is a high end mobile Haswell (2013) CPU. Despite sporting base and turbo clock speeds of 2.4/3.4 GHz, the 4700MQ has a maximum TDP of just 47 Watts. Although the 4700MQ is a quad core processor, hyperthreading technology allows the operation of eight virtual cores which enable the 4700MQ to deal with multi-core workloads with ease. The overall effective speed rating for the 4700MQ is 85.5 which is just 12% slower than the average of the current 9 group leaders. Since the group leaders include both desktop and server models this is a particularly impressive score for mobile processor with a TDP of just 47 Watts - it's almost as good as a reasonable desktop. ^{[Oct '14 CPUPro]}

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The 3930K has an outstanding multi-core performance profile, almost as good as you can buy at any budget, which considering its relatively reasonable price tag really make it stand out from the crowd. The reason for the extraordinary multi-core benchmark scores is down to the 3930K's six cores. Having six cores effectively results in a 50% lead over quad core cpus and a 200% percent lead over dual core cpu's. Typical desktop users rarely use more than two cores simultaneously thus rendering the additional four cores largely redundant for consumer use. In terms of regular use this CPU will offer virtually no better real world performance than the leaders in my Desktop CPU Group Test. For server orientated workloads the 3930K offers both outstanding performance and superb value for money. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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