Core i7-4810MQ: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i7-4810MQ is the faster of the two 47 W Haswell quad-core flagships, launched in 2014, and seven catalog laptops carry it — all business machines and workstations of that era. Measured on the processor side, it meets the recommended CPU requirement in 17 of the 69 games the catalog tracks. This guide covers where the chip stands among laptop CPUs in 2026, what it offers, and which used laptops carry it.

Where the Core i7-4810MQ sits in 2026

A catalog score of 45.8 places the chip 292nd of 741 scored laptop CPUs — below the midpoint of the table. The neighborhood brackets it between generations: the Core i5-10210U (46.2), Core i5-1245U (46.2) and Core 3 100U (46) sit just above, while the Core i7-7567U (45.6), Pentium Gold 7505 (45.5) and Core i7-4800MQ (44.7) sit just below. Scoring a hair under a Core i5-1245U from eight years later is a respectable showing for 2014 silicon — but the company it keeps confirms this is legacy tier today.

What the chip brings

Haswell gives the i7-4810MQ four cores and eight threads on a 22 nm process: a 2.8 GHz base clock, up to 3.8 GHz on turbo, and a 47 W H-class envelope. The integrated GPU is the Intel HD Graphics 4600, a display adapter rather than a gaming part. Public benchmark records show a Geekbench single-core score of 1,109, a multi-core score of 3,226 and a PassMark overall rating of 6,036 — comfortably ahead of its i7-4710MQ sibling and still enough for everyday office work.

Games: CPU-side readiness

As a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 17 of 69 cataloged games — including Control, Forza Horizon 4, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, The Division 2, Days Gone, Overwatch and Grand Theft Auto V. A long middle band of 37 titles sits at the minimum tier only: Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, PUBG, Metro Exodus, Doom Eternal and Diablo 4 all list the chip above their minimum but below their recommended CPU requirement. Fifteen games ask for more processor than this, among them Starfield, Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, Fortnite and Counter-Strike 2. These verdicts are CPU-only — actual playability depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and these chassis carry 2013–2014-class graphics.

Laptops that carry it

The seven-model roster spans 2013–2014 professional hardware. The workstations are Dell's Precision M4800 ($221) and M6800 ($352), Lenovo's ThinkPad W540 ($264) and W541 ($251), and HP's ZBook 15 G2 ($213); the business side adds the ThinkPad T440p ($145) and Dell's Latitude E6540 ($159). The laptops around it typically show a median best CPU score of 47 and office comfort of 50, while energy efficiency sits at 42.7, the performance index at 24.5 and the gaming index at just 15 — heavy, thick chassis with dated battery life.

Bottom line

The Core i7-4810MQ is near the top of what used Haswell money buys in 2026: a real quad-core that still handles office suites, browsing and the older end of the game catalog, inside $145–$350 business and workstation chassis built to survive. The catalog numbers for the laptops around it — a gaming index of 15, efficiency of 42.7 — make clear this is light-duty territory, not a gaming or creative platform. For a cheap, durable second machine, the chip remains a defensible pick.