Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i9-13900

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i9-13900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900 beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. 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 i9-13900 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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.