Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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
3900 points
75% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
5787 points
62% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
3361 points
84% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
3239 points
85% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
73.73 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
5801 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
1884 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
5632 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
1824 points
53% 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
123% significantly higher clock speed
1.3 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
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

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
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
442nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

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

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i5-1235U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1235U is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. 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 i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U 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.

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