Explain: Why i5 has higher Geekbench score than i7 (see detail)

How come a 3rd generation desktop computer has more geekbench rating than an i7 4th gen laptop?

3rd Gen Dell Desktop, Linux https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3924942

4th Gen HP Notebook, Win 10 https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3925075

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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.

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.

Some semi-relevant information of how branding can produce confusion:

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/intel-renames-core-m-core...

CPAhem 8y ago ↗

Because the i7 in your notebook is not really an i7, Intel just calls it that. It is a marketing term.

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).