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

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

5776 points

160% significantly better overall score

2218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

94% significantly better gaming score

3567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

195% significantly better multitasking score

1819 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

200% significantly better heavy workload score

1749 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

136% significantly higher Blender score

63.31 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1174 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3581 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1188 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

678th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

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

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i7-7820HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700X is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.