Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Core i7-7700 vs Core i9-7900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better than the Core i7-7700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-7700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Despite this, the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X 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 i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.