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

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i9-8950HK specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820HQ is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. According to our data, the Core i7-7820HQ and Core i9-8950HK have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK 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.

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.