Intel N50 vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Comparative analysis of Intel N50 and Intel Core i7-4900MQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N50

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 7.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 47 Watt
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 1 June 2013
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4900MQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1398101.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1997 vs 1790
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6127 vs 2907
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 2MB (shared)
L3 cache 8192 KB vs 6MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1997 vs 1790
PassMark - CPU mark 6127 vs 2907

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N50
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4900MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1790
1997
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2907
6127
Name Intel N50 Intel Core i7-4900MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1790 1997
PassMark - CPU mark 2907 6127
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 15.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.091
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3387
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3387
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel N50 Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Essentials

Launch date 3 Jan 2023 1 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1458 1446
Architecture codename Haswell
Launch price (MSRP) $568
Price now $586.67
Processor Number i7-4900MQ
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.54
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1000 MHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 2MB (shared) 1024 KB
L3 cache 6MB (shared) 8192 KB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Transistor count 1400 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR5, 4800 MHz, Single-channel DDR3L 1333/1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported Intel BGA 1264 FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 9 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3

Graphics

Device ID 0x416
Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.3 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
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

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 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
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)