How come a 3rd generation desktop computer has more geekbench rating than an i7 4th gen laptop?<p>3rd Gen Dell Desktop, Linux
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3924942<p>4th Gen HP Notebook, Win 10
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3925075
You are comparing i5-3470 @ 3.60 GHz vs i7-4510U @ 2.00
That U on the end says it's ultra low voltage CPU.<p>They are not similar. One is a very limited few watts CPU for mobile devices, the other one is a desktop variant allowed to pull all power it wants.<p>Some semi-relevant information of how branding can produce confusion:<p><a href="https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/intel-renames-core-m-core-i" rel="nofollow">https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/intel-renames-core-m-core...</a>
Because the i7 in your notebook is not really an i7, Intel just calls it that. It is a marketing term.<p>Your desktop i5 is a real quad core, and can run faster and has bigger caches. Unless you have the -HQ i7 series you are limited to two cores (+2 virtual hyper threaded ones).