Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i7-9700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700F beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700F has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700F CPU because of its 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.