AMD R-272F vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Comparative analysis of AMD R-272F and Intel Core i7-4700MQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD R-272F

  • Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4700MQ

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1763 vs 1087
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5359 vs 1215
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 21 May 2012
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 96 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1763 vs 1087
PassMark - CPU mark 5359 vs 1215

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD R-272F
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4700MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1087
1763
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1215
5359
Name AMD R-272F Intel Core i7-4700MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1087 1763
PassMark - CPU mark 1215 5359
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 754
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2680
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 92.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.741
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2844
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2844

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD R-272F Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Piledriver Haswell
Launch date 21 May 2012 1 June 2013
Place in performance rating 2189 1904
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $288
Price now $189
Processor Number i7-4700MQ
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 11.99

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 8
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
L3 cache 6144 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Transistor count 1400 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600, DDR3U-1600 DDR3L 1333/1600
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 497 MHz 400 MHz
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz 1.15 GHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon HD 7520G Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x416
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4 3
VGA
eDP
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 11 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.2 4.3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1 FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 2.0 3
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 2880x1800@60Hz

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)