Intel Core i7-4850EQ processor review

Core i7-4850EQ processor released by Intel; release date: August 2013. The processor is designed for laptop-computers and based on Crystal Well microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 4, threads - 8. Maximum CPU clock speed - 3.2 GHz. Maximum operating temperature - 100 °C. Manufacturing process technology - 22 nm. Cache size: L1 - 64 KB (per core), L2 - 256 KB (per core), L3 - 8192 KB (shared).

Supported memory types: DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600. Maximum memory size: 32 GB.

Supported socket types: FCBGA1364. Maximum number of processors in a configuration - 1. Power consumption (TDP): 47 Watt.

The processor has integrated graphics Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 with the following parameters: maximum frequency - 1 GHz.

Integrated graphics – Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	392 million

Games performance

1. Counter-Strike: GO (2012)
2. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
3. Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
4. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
5. Fallout 4 (2015)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
7. Anno 2205 (2015)
8. World of Warships (2015)
9. The Witcher 3 (2015)
10. Dirt Rally (2015)
11. GTA V (2015)
12. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
13. Far Cry 4 (2014)
14. Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
15. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
16. Alien: Isolation (2014)
17. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
18. Sims 4 (2014)
19. Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
20. The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)
21. Thief (2014)

22. X-Plane 10.25 (2013)
23. Battlefield 4 (2013)
24. Total War: Rome II (2013)
25. Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
26. Metro: Last Light (2013)
27. BioShock Infinite (2013)
28. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
29. SimCity (2013)
30. Tomb Raider (2013)
31. Crysis 3 (2013)
32. Hitman: Absolution (2012)
33. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)
34. Borderlands 2 (2012)
35. Diablo III (2012)
36. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
37. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
38. Battlefield 3 (2011)
39. StarCraft 2 (2010)
40. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
41. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
42. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
43. World of Warcraft (2005)

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768	240.40
Medium, 1366x768	181.30
High, 1366x768	88.40

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	26.60
Medium, 1366x768	14.80
High, 1920x1080	7.80

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	35.30
Medium, 1366x768	21.90

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	51.00
Medium, 1366x768	28.40
High, 1920x1080	13.20

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	24.60
Medium, 1366x768	15.60

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	38.20
Medium, 1366x768	22.00

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	25.80
Medium, 1366x768	10.90

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768	111.00
Medium, 1366x768	73.00
High, 1920x1080	34.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768

20.50

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	168.00
Medium, 1366x768	41.00
High, 1920x1080	19.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.50

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768	47.60
Medium, 1366x768	38.40
High, 1920x1080	7.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	2.90

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	45.40
Medium, 1366x768	29.20
High, 1920x1080	10.55
Ultra, 1920x1080	5.85

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	28.60
Medium, 1366x768	21.70
High, 1920x1080	10.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	7.75

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x768

8.00

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768	49.10
Medium, 1366x768	26.70
High, 1920x1080	16.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	8.10

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768	69.00
Medium, 1366x768	47.00
High, 1920x1080	24.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.40

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	44.00
Medium, 1344x756	29.00
High, 1920x1080	16.40

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	186.45
Medium, 1366x768	68.20
High, 1920x1080	33.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.20

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x720	54.50
Medium, 1280x720	52.40
High, 1920x1080	24.60

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x768	66.00
Medium, 1366x768	43.00
High, 1366x768	32.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.60

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	33.40
Medium, 1366x768	21.35
High, 1366x768	16.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	7.40

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	62.00
Medium, 1366x768	29.80
High, 1366x768	13.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	11.10

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	62.90
Medium, 1366x768	45.50
High, 1366x768	28.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.70
4K, 3840x2160	3.90

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768	87.00
Medium, 1366x768	64.00
High, 1366x768	44.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.10

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	25.90
Medium, 1366x768	21.50
High, 1366x768	12.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	5.80

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	47.10
Medium, 1366x768	34.90
High, 1366x768	17.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.60

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	78.50
Medium, 1366x768	40.10
High, 1366x768	35.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.80

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768	306.00
Medium, 1366x768	92.00
High, 1366x768	61.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	22.20

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768	219.90
Medium, 1366x768	34.30
High, 1366x768	24.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	11.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	123.10
Medium, 1366x768	58.60
High, 1366x768	35.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.00

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	48.30
Medium, 1366x768	29.65
High, 1366x768	19.65
Ultra, 1920x1080	7.30

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x768	44.60
Medium, 1366x768	34.30
High, 1366x768	14.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	6.90

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	92.00
Medium, 1366x768	67.70
High, 1366x768	28.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.30

Borderlands 2 (2012)

High, 1366x768	41.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	24.20

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	133.80
Medium, 1366x768	86.20
High, 1366x768	75.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	60.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	42.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	70.00
Medium, 1366x768	36.60
High, 1366x768	21.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.10

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	46.10
Medium, 1366x768	33.80
High, 1366x768	26.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	10.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x1080

29.00

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

21.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x768	45.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	11.50

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x768	45.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x1024	53.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture codename	Crystal Well
Launch date	August 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated
Vertical segment	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	264 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C
Maximum core temperature	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	1400 million

Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	SSE4.1 / 4.2, AVX 2.0
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)