Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

2610 points
2898 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points
4205 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points
2534 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points
2452 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points
84.75 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points
7276 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points
2112 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
42% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700HQ performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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