Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Core i7-7700 vs Core i7-7820HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700 beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the Core i7-7700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7820HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-7700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.