Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
10011 points
283% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points
11884 points
186% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points
9348 points
333% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points
9142 points
341% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points
8010 points
219% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points
263.24 points
338% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points
15051 points
314% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points
2723 points
132% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
4.20 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
166% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089
88th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7700HQ vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. 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 Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7700HQ.

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.

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