Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

2218 points
2898 points
30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
4205 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
2534 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
2452 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
84.75 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
7276 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
2112 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.4 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core 7 150U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 150U is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820HQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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