Intel Core i7-10710U vs Intel Core i7-7700

Core i7-10710U vs Core i7-7700 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10710U beats the Core i7-7700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10710U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700. Indeed, the Core i7-10710U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10710U. Despite this, the Core i7-10710U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10710U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-10710U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700. The Core i7-10710U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-10710U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.