Intel Core i3-10110U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Core i3-10110U vs Core i7-7700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Core i3-10110U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10110U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7700HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10110U. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-10110U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10110U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-10110U. Despite this, the Core i3-10110U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10110U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10110U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.