Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

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
15% slightly better overall score
1913 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
19% slightly better gaming score
2976 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
1587 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
1523 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
36.41 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1885 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
561 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1900 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
561 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
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 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
734th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i7-3630QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the Core i7-3630QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3630QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3630QM. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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