Intel Pentium Gold 4417U vs Core i7-4710HQ

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Combined performance score

i7-4710HQ
3.60
+70.6%

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 71% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking14021751
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Kaby Lake Refresh
Architecture codenameCrystalwell (2013−2014)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date1 April 2014 (9 years old)15 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$378$161
Current price$1419 (3.8x MSRP)$423 (2.6x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size264 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1364FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPPno data-
Smart Responseno data+
FDI+no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPXno data+
Identity Protection+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memory2 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz950 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x2160@30Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA2880x1800@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/1212
OpenGL4.34.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-4710HQ and Pentium Gold 4417U.

PCIe version33.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-4710HQ 3.60
+70.6%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2.11

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 71% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-4710HQ 5531
+70.7%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3240

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 71% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-4710HQ 994
+133%
Pentium Gold 4417U 427

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 133% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-4710HQ 3005
+237%
Pentium Gold 4417U 891

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 237% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-4710HQ 5008
+40.3%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3570

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 40% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-4710HQ 19044
+138%
Pentium Gold 4417U 8012

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 138% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-4710HQ 6981
+118%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3204

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 118% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-4710HQ 7.75
+173%
Pentium Gold 4417U 21.15

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Core i7-4710HQ by 173% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-4710HQ 7
+172%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 172% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-4710HQ 646
+183%
Pentium Gold 4417U 228

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 183% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-4710HQ 135
+51.7%
Pentium Gold 4417U 89

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 52% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-4710HQ 1.53
+41.7%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.08

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 42% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4710HQ 3.9
+179%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.4

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 179% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4710HQ 4324
+141%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1792

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 141% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4710HQ 150
+85%
Pentium Gold 4417U 81

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 85% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4710HQ 38
+145%
Pentium Gold 4417U 16

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 145% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-4710HQ 3249
+44.1%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2254

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 44% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-4710HQ 12231
+151%
Pentium Gold 4417U 4882

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 151% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-4710HQ 10792
+104%
Pentium Gold 4417U 5280

Core i7-4710HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 104% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.60 2.11
Integrated graphics card 1.83 1.84
Recency 1 April 2014 15 February 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Cost $378 $161
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

The Core i7-4710HQ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4417U in performance tests.


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