AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 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

5542 points
112% significantly better overall score
2610 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points
59% significantly better gaming score
4142 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points
139% significantly better multitasking score
2155 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points
144% significantly better heavy workload score
2070 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4496 points
79% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2507 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points
135% significantly higher Blender score
60.03 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3551 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points
1125 points
0.63% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3629 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points
1171 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

289th of 1,089
607th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7-7700HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1800X is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. The Core i7-7700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 Ryzen 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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