Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

3216 points

44% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points

4347 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points

2881 points

58% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points

2795 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points

84.65 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

93% significantly higher clock speed

1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

28 W

60% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089

509th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i3-1220P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1220P is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-7820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P.

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.