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Core i7-4720HQ


Performance
132.3k points

Description
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The Core i7-4720HQ is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on January 2015. This model has 4 Haswell cores with HyperThreading, runs at 2600 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 47 W.

"Haswell is known as fourth-generation core too. It uses 22nm Tri-Gate FinFET (non-planar, ""3D"") technology. It includes four arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and three address generation unit (AGU). This generation is able to run Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) instruction set among BMI1, BMI2, ABM and FMA3. At this time, Intel used new sockets: LGA 1150 for desktops and BGA1364 for the mobile CPUs."

Specs
Official name
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPUID
306c3
Core
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
Socket
BGA1364
Cores/Threads
4/8
TDP
47 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
Release date
January 2015
Mean monothread perf.
40.12k points
Mean multithread perf.
132.35k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
3.79k
11.66k (x3.1)
Test#2 (FP)
9.64k
37.71k (x3.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.34k
16.38k (x3.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.76k
5.94k (x1.6)
TOTAL
21.53k
71.69k (x3.3)

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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
20.68k
66.84k (x3.2)
Test#2 (FP)
10.28k
42.85k (x4.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.87k
16.77k (x3.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.29k
5.88k (x1.4)
TOTAL
40.12k
132.35k (x3.3)

Computers where this CPU was tested
Model
Release date

RAM models tested along with this CPU
Model
Type
Frequency
Size
DDR3
1600 MHz
8 GB

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) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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

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Test#1 (Memory) [% 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) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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

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Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]

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Similar CPUs to Core i7-4720HQ
Core i7-4720HQ (This model)
 Mode FPU monothread  [21.53k points]
 Mode FPU multithread  [71.69k points]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [40.12k points]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [132.35k points]
 Mode FPU monothread  [21.02k points -2.36%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [70k points -2.36%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [38.29k points -4.54%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [138.69k points +4.79%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [21.94k points +1.90%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [76.09k points +6.15%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [39.16k points -2.39%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [140.76k points +6.36%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [21.53k points +0.01%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [117.38k points +63.74%]
 Mode AVX monothread  [31.53k points -21.40%]
 Mode AVX multithread  [129.06k points -2.48%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [31.81k points +47.75%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [93.18k points +29.99%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [60.16k points +49.97%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [192.88k points +45.74%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [28.89k points +34.19%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [60.77k points -15.23%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [52.84k points +31.73%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [112.28k points -15.16%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [39.53k points -1.45%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [140.27k points +5.99%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [36.05k points +67.44%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [82.84k points +15.55%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [64.2k points +60.03%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [166.12k points +25.52%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [12.64k points -41.30%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [58.11k points -18.94%]
 Mode SSE monothread  [16.77k points -58.20%]
 Mode SSE multithread  [80.19k points -39.41%]
 Mode FPU monothread  [24.49k points +13.76%]
 Mode FPU multithread  [78.73k points +9.83%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [48.05k points +19.77%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [174.05k points +31.51%]
 Mode AVX2 monothread  [40.93k points +2.04%]
 Mode AVX2 multithread  [139.99k points +5.78%]
          
FPU mode comparison

Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
3.8k [0.27%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
3.79k
This model
3.79k [-0.08%]
3.78k [-0.20%]
3.77k [-0.48%]
3.75k [-1.07%]
3.73k [-1.44%]

Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
12.25k [5.04%]
11.76k [0.88%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
11.66k
This model
11.6k [-0.47%]
11.45k [-1.77%]
10.37k [-11.09%]

Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
9.97k [3.42%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
9.64k
This model
9.51k [-1.29%]

Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
38.7k [2.63%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
37.71k
This model
37.33k [-1.02%]
35.53k [-5.78%]
35.47k [-5.95%]
35.04k [-7.08%]

Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
4.41k [1.50%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4.34k
This model
4.24k [-2.40%]

Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
17.05k [4.09%]
17.03k [3.98%]
16.76k [2.32%]
16.53k [0.92%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
16.38k
This model
16.25k [-0.75%]
15.91k [-2.83%]
15.4k [-5.97%]
15.34k [-6.31%]

Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
3.76k
This model
3.55k [-5.52%]
3.44k [-8.42%]

Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
6.17k [3.85%]
6.08k [2.24%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
5.94k
This model
5.82k [-2.04%]
5.69k [-4.19%]
5.64k [-5.16%]
5.56k [-6.38%]
          
AVX2 mode comparison

Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
20.74k [0.28%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
20.68k
This model
20.5k [-0.91%]
20.37k [-1.51%]
20.18k [-2.43%]
20.16k [-2.53%]
19.84k [-4.09%]

Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
73.03k [9.26%]
72.82k [8.94%]
71.95k [7.63%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
66.84k
This model
66.43k [-0.62%]
65.17k [-2.51%]
64.95k [-2.84%]
64.43k [-3.60%]

Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
10.54k [2.49%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
10.28k
This model
10.06k [-2.13%]
9.35k [-9.08%]
9.22k [-10.29%]

Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
44.82k [4.61%]
44.41k [3.64%]
44.28k [3.34%]
43.18k [0.78%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
42.85k
This model
42.36k [-1.13%]
42.07k [-1.82%]
41.76k [-2.54%]
41.3k [-3.61%]

Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
4.95k [1.69%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4.87k
This model
4.83k [-0.82%]
4.82k [-0.98%]
4.81k [-1.18%]
4.79k [-1.52%]

Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
17.12k [2.08%]
16.95k [1.03%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
16.77k
This model
16.69k [-0.50%]
16.44k [-1.97%]
16.43k [-2.03%]
16.38k [-2.33%]
16.19k [-3.49%]

Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
4.39k [2.29%]
4.31k [0.59%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4.29k
This model
4.24k [-1.09%]
4.24k [-1.15%]

Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
5.93k [0.84%]
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
5.88k
This model
5.86k [-0.34%]
5.79k [-1.53%]

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