Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i3-1115G4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the Core i3-1115G4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7820HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1115G4. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1115G4. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-7820HQ thanks to a 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.