Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Core i7-10510U vs Core i7-7700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Core i7-10510U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10510U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U 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 i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.