Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-4720HQ and Intel Core i7-3720QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

789Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score704
2770Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2719
5741PassMark CPU Mark Rating5601
1868PassMark Single Thread Rating1851
31573DMark Time Spy Physics Score3253

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-4720HQProcessorIntel Core i7-3720QM
2600 MHzFrequency2600 MHz
3600 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
47 WTDP45 W
Intel HD Graphics 4600GPUIntel HD Graphics 4000
HaswellCodenameIvy Bridge
FCBGA1364PackageFCBGA1224, FCPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

788Single-Core Score701
3135Multi-Core Score2940
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
HP HP OMEN NotebookModelLENOVO 2441AU7
HP 8179MotherboardLENOVO 2441AU7

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-4720HQNameIntel Core i7-3720QM
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
2.60 GHzBase Frequency2.59 GHz
3596 MHzMaximum Frequency3591 MHz
Socket 1364 BGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA
HaswellCodenameIvy Bridge
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.93 GBSize16.00 GB
798 MHzFrequency798 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

788Single-Core Score701
1184Crypto Score820
734Integer Score665
840Floating Point Score 758
1184
2.02 GB/sec
AES-XTS820
1.40 GB/sec
743
3.76 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)757
3.83 MB/sec
920
43.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression814
38.5 Mpixels/sec
648
1.83 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)665
1.88 MTE/sec
654
768.4 KElements/sec
HTML5548
642.9 KElements/sec
740
231.9 Krows/sec
SQLite591
185.1 Krows/sec
752
40.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering623
33.8 Mpixels/sec
740
235.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering689
219.4 KB/sec
736
5.73 Klines/sec
Clang669
5.21 Klines/sec
708
8.20 images/sec
Camera669
7.75 images/sec
503
629.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics687
859.8 Kpairs/sec
839
5200.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics765
4737.1 FPS
750
41.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur668
36.7 Mpixels/sec
702
5.40 images/sec
Face Detection719
5.54 images/sec
746
18.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection729
18.0 Mpixels/sec
1316
64.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1206
59.2 Mpixels/sec
1529
20.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1277
17.4 Mpixels/sec
1003
805.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing846
679.6 Kpixels/sec
740
6.63 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion514
4.60 Kpixels/sec
791
25.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition722
23.1 Words/sec
748
28.9 images/sec
Machine Learning537
20.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3135Multi-Core Score2940
3576Crypto Score3344
3009Integer Score2891
3334Floating Point Score 2980
3576
6.10 GB/sec
AES-XTS3344
5.70 GB/sec
2774
14.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3624
18.3 MB/sec
3726
176.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3739
176.9 Mpixels/sec
2178
6.14 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1963
5.53 MTE/sec
2839
3.33 MElements/sec
HTML52659
3.12 MElements/sec
3273
1.03 Mrows/sec
SQLite3051
956.0 Krows/sec
3356
182.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3109
168.7 Mpixels/sec
3058
974.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering2694
858.4 KB/sec
3294
25.7 Klines/sec
Clang3008
23.4 Klines/sec
2861
33.2 images/sec
Camera2595
30.1 images/sec
2879
3.60 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3217
4.02 Mpairs/sec
4402
27274.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3937
24388.7 FPS
3144
172.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2551
140.2 Mpixels/sec
3381
26.0 images/sec
Face Detection3096
23.8 images/sec
3390
83.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3150
77.6 Mpixels/sec
4277
209.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4152
203.7 Mpixels/sec
5741
78.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR5302
72.2 Mpixels/sec
4568
3.67 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3956
3.18 Mpixels/sec
3077
27.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2159
19.3 Kpixels/sec
2347
75.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2159
69.0 Words/sec
1527
59.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1288
49.8 images/sec