AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i7-7700HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5700G thanks to a 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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.