Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i3-N305

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core i3 N-series 8 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
2781 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points
4373 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points
2279 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points
2166 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
43.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points
4208 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1145 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

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
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
77% significantly more pcie lanes
9

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089
573rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i3-N305 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-N305 performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i7-7700HQ thanks to a 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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