Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Pentium Gold G7400

Core i7-7820HQ vs Pentium Gold G7400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold G7400 performs better than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-7820HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Pentium Gold G7400 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G7400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G7400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G7400 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.