AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Core i7-7820HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820HQ performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820HQ CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.