Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i7-2600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700HQ is faster than the Core i7-2600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K CPU because of its 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.