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Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2013
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
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2022-09-27
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

What's the best choice Intel Core i7-4700HQ or AMD Ryzen 7 7700X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i7-4700HQ has a base frequency of 2.40 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 47 W. Released in Q3/2013.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X has a base frequency of 4.5 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    47 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    456 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    356 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    658 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    510 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    716 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    643 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    874 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    380 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    337 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    388 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    304 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    181 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    527 place
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    37 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 88% better clock speed

    4.5 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 59 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.4 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    15 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    16 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    33 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    38 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    6 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    48 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    30 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 4000M/4000H left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.4 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.4 GHz left arrow 5.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    11.1 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    20 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    7.5 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    400 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 4600 left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    1200 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    160 left arrow 128
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and Intel Core i7-4700HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4700HQ and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    47 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 142 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4700HQ and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Haswell H left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-100000591WOF
  • Release date
    Q3/2013 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    BGA 1168 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 399 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i7-4700HQ

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

More results: 9

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 9545.08142 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI
Duration: 104.766 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i7-4700HQ and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

261.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
773.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1196.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
7944.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

124.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
322.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

568.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
3328.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

744.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
2202.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2735.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
14487.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

384.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
563.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

7780.000000
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
36536.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

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