Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i3-1220P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700HQ performs better than the Core i3-1220P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P.

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