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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3046 points
3620 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4440 points
5762 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2617 points
2983 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2519 points
2864 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

70.12 points
85.21 points
21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
281% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

533rd of 1,089
471st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10710U vs Core i7-7700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10710U is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10710U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-7700K 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 i7-7700K. 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.

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