Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i7-8700T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700T is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700T outputs less heat than Core i7-7700HQ thanks to a slightly 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.