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Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Intel 7700HQ

The Intel Core i7-7700HQ is a fast quad-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake H architecture (7th generation Core), which was announced in January 2017 at CES. It is the successor to the Core i7-6700HQ from the Skylake generation and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm+ process, so the clocks are 200 MHz higher at the same TDP. The architecture was not changed, only the video engine got an update (see our Kaby Lake article).

The integrated graphics card is called Intel HD Graphics 630, but the architecture does not differ from the 530 GPU from the Skylake generation and only the clocks are slightly higher. 

Performance

Thanks to the 200 MHz higher clocks (5.5-7.6% depending on the Boost), the CPU performance is increased and roughly on par with the Core i7-6970HQ (2.8-3.7 GHz but with 128 MB eDRAM). The TDP can also be reduced to 35 Watts (cTDP down), but this will reduce the performance.

Power Consumption

Due to its 45-Watt TDP, the CPU will be used in bigger notebooks with at least 15 inches most of the time.

SeriesIntel Core i7
CodenameKaby Lake
Series: Core i7 Kaby Lake
Intel Core i7-7920HQ (compare)3100 - 4100 MHz4 / 88 MB
Intel Core i7-7820HQ (compare)2900 - 3900 MHz4 / 88 MB
Intel Core i7-7820HK (compare)2900 - 3900 MHz4 / 88 MB
» Intel Core i7-7700HQ2800 - 3800 MHz4 / 86 MB
Intel Core i7-7567U (compare)3500 - 4000 MHz2 / 44 MB
Intel Core i7-7600U (compare)2800 - 3900 MHz2 / 44 MB
Intel Core i7-7660U (compare)2500 - 4000 MHz2 / 44 MB
Intel Core i7-7560U (compare)2400 - 3800 MHz2 / 44 MB
Intel Core i7-7500U (compare)2700 - 3500 MHz2 / 44 MB
Intel Core i7-7Y75 (compare)1300 - 3600 MHz2 / 44 MB
Clock Rate2800 - 3800 MHz
Level 1 Cache256 KB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Level 3 Cache6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 8
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)45 Watt
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
Max. Temperature100 °C
SocketBGA
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI save
GPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Starting Price$378 U.S.
Announcement Date01/03/2017

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 603     avg: 724.3     median: 735 (34%)     max: 743 Points
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 120     avg: 156     median: 159 (82%)     max: 162 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 6.67     avg: 8     median: 8.1 (34%)     max: 8.23 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 1.36     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (82%)     max: 1.84 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
min: 5548     avg: 5961.2     median: 5924 (75%)     max: 7753 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
min: 19409     avg: 22460.4     median: 22216 (45%)     max: 28975 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
min: 28665     avg: 28811.9     median: 28735 (70%)     max: 29105 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
min: 7432     avg: 7585.1     median: 7593 (61%)     max: 7789 Points
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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m *
min: 211.05     avg: 258.5     median: 225.7 (3%)     max: 379 seconds
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wPrime 2.0x - 32m *
min: 6.932     avg: 8.5     median: 7.5 (2%)     max: 13.484 seconds
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WinRAR - Result
min: 3908     avg: 4423.5     median: 4541.5 (54%)     max: 4903 KB/s
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
min: 36.55     avg: 52.6     median: 46 (27%)     max: 169 fps
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
min: 46     avg: 158.9     median: 166.9 (71%)     max: 175 fps
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
min: 0.361     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (24%)     max: 0.6 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
min: 0.529     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (33%)     max: 0.724 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
min: 3.2     avg: 4     median: 4.1 (34%)     max: 4.2 GB/s
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3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6876     avg: 7607.5     median: 7761 (61%)     max: 7839 Points
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 9     avg: 10.3     median: 10.1 (2%)     max: 14.8 Seconds
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 22     avg: 23.3     median: 22.7 (1%)     max: 33.4 Seconds
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 510.672     avg: 564.4     median: 546 (2%)     max: 921.1 Seconds
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3DMark Vantage - P CPU no PhysX 1280x1024
min: 23783     avg: 26121.6     median: 26598 (49%)     max: 26880 Points
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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
min: 6196     avg: 8401.4     median: 8772.5 (53%)     max: 9513 points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
min: 13754     avg: 45288.3     median: 47431.5 (31%)     max: 51805 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080
min: 33185     avg: 45656.2     median: 46457 (68%)     max: 51132 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
min: 42156     avg: 50754.8     median: 50912 (74%)     max: 53642 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
min: 5726     avg: 7285.6     median: 7447.5 (19%)     max: 7860 Points
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