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Core i5-7300HQ vs i7-4600U


Description
The i5-7300HQ is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i7-4600U is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-7300HQ gets a score of 168.8 k points while the i7-4600U gets 64.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-7300HQ is 2.6 times faster than the i7-4600U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906e9
40651
Core
Kaby Lake-H
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
BGA1168
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
45 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
January 2017
September 2013
Mean monothread perf.
53.51k points
28.98k points
Mean multithread perf.
168.81k points
64.55k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-7300HQ
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
21.65k
14.37k (x0.66)
Test#2 (FP)
19.18k
8.31k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.38k
3.35k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.3k
2.96k (x0.36)
TOTAL
53.51k
28.98k (x0.54)

Multithread

i5-7300HQ

i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
77.12k
31.32k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
68.68k
20.17k (x0.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.24k
8.02k (x0.53)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.78k
5.03k (x0.65)
TOTAL
168.81k
64.55k (x0.38)

Performance/W
i5-7300HQ
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
1714 points/W
2088 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1526 points/W
1345 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
339 points/W
535 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
173 points/W
336 points/W
TOTAL
3751 points/W
4303 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-7300HQ
i7-4600U
Test#1 (Integers)
6186 points/GHz
4353 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5480 points/GHz
2517 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1251 points/GHz
1015 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2372 points/GHz
896 points/GHz
TOTAL
15289 points/GHz
8781 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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