Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2218 points
3% slightly better overall score
2143 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
9% slightly better gaming score
3261 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
0.17% slightly better multitasking score
1816 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
1755 points
0.34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
85.61 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
4580 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
1270 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
5219 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
1422 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% 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
Identical
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.8 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed

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
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

679th of 1,092
698th of 1,092

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
8th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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