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Core i7-4870HQ vs Core i9-9900

Core i7-4870HQ vs Core i9-9900: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-9900 outperforms Core i7-4870HQ on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-9900 is 1757 days newer than Core i7-4870HQ.

Advantages of Core i7-4870HQ

  • Consumes up to 28% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900 - 47 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-9900

  • Performs up to 7% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Core i7-4870HQ - 146 vs 136 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4870HQ - 16 vs 8 threads
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Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Logo
Core i7-4870HQ

Mobile • Jul 1st, 2014


FPS

136

93%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Intel Core i9-9900 Logo
Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


FPS

146

100%

Value, $/FPS

$4.57/FPS

100%

Price, $

$667.41

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-9900 Coffee Lake Processor 3.1GHz 8.0GT/s 16MB LGA 1151 CPU, Retail

Buy for $667.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 282 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Logo
Core i7-4870HQ

Mobile • Jul 1st, 2014

Intel Core i9-9900 Logo
Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Logo
Core i7-4870HQ

Mobile • Jul 1st, 2014


Single-Core

1105

69%

Multi-Core

3622

50%

Intel Core i9-9900 Logo
Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


Single-Core

1611

100%

Multi-Core

7204

100%

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Logo

Core i7-4870HQ

vs
Intel Core i9-9900 Logo

Core i9-9900

Jul 1st, 2014
Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i7Core i9
HaswellCoffee Lake
Intel BGA 1364Intel Socket 1151
Mobile
Desktop
4
8
8
16
2.5 GHz
3.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
5.0 GHz
47 W
65 W
22 nm
14 nm
25.0x
31.0x
Intel HD 5200UHD Graphics 630
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