Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i7-2700K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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
2597 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
3839 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
2213 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
2133 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
44.33 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2222 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
627 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2293 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
672 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
Identical
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
111% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
608th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i7-2700K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820HQ is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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