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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 will probably be 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. The information in this article is based on familiar details from Kaby Lake and leaks from Geekbench as well as LaptopMedia.

SeriesIntel Core i7
CodenameKaby Lake
Clock Rate2800 - 3800 MHz
Level 1 Cache256 KB
Level 2 Cache1024 KB
Level 3 Cache6144 KB
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
Hardware VirtualizationVT-x, VT-d
Starting Price $378 U.S.
Announcement Date01/03/2017

Benchmarks

Geekbench 4.1 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 14633     avg: 14821.2 (97%)     median: 14775 (97%)     max: 15102 Points
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 4.1 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 4419     avg: 4658.5 (97%)     median: 4706 (98%)     max: 4803 Points
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Power Consumption - Prime95 V28,10 Stress Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra
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min: 70     avg: 72.6 (31%)     median: 72.3 (31%)     max: 76 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra
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min: 60     avg: 62.3 (26%)     median: 61.7 (25%)     max: 65.2 Watt
+ 3 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 4.0 - Compute OpenCL Score
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min: 73460     avg: 129337 (80%)     median: 141186 (88%)     max: 161205 Points
+ 7 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 12448     avg: 13627.3 (49%)     median: 13993 (51%)     max: 14596 Points
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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 4119     avg: 4449.8 (79%)     median: 4423 (79%)     max: 4740 Points
+ 9 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Octane V2 - Total Score
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min: 33799     avg: 39301.6 (81%)     median: 39851 (83%)     max: 41638 Points
+ 29 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
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min: 120     avg: 156.1 (80%)     median: 159 (82%)     max: 162 Points
+ 63 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
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min: 603     avg: 723 (34%)     median: 735 (34%)     max: 743 Points
+ 64 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
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min: 918.8     avg: 970.8 (2%)     median: 955.4 (2%)     max: 1069.1 ms
+ 33 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 13290     avg: 13727.2 (44%)     median: 13814.5 (44%)     max: 14275 Points
+ 8 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 3256     avg: 3613 (78%)     median: 3661.5 (79%)     max: 3806 Points
+ 8 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 13753     avg: 13753 (37%)     median: 13753 (37%)     max: 13753 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 3532     avg: 3532 (74%)     median: 3532 (74%)     max: 3532 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080
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min: 8081     avg: 10324.4 (46%)     median: 10519 (46%)     max: 10953 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
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min: 5726     avg: 7220.7 (18%)     median: 7415 (19%)     max: 7860 Points
+ 62 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
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min: 42156     avg: 50707.9 (73%)     median: 50912 (74%)     max: 53642 Points
+ 30 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080
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min: 33185     avg: 45463.3 (69%)     median: 46202 (70%)     max: 51132 Points
+ 32 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
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min: 13754     avg: 44711.5 (29%)     median: 47303.5 (30%)     max: 51805 Points
+ 44 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
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min: 7620     avg: 7620 (61%)     median: 7620 (61%)     max: 7620 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
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min: 7210     avg: 7210 (65%)     median: 7210 (65%)     max: 7210 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
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min: 12792     avg: 12792 (37%)     median: 12792 (37%)     max: 12792 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
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min: 13091     avg: 13091 (40%)     median: 13091 (40%)     max: 13091 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
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min: 11263     avg: 11263 (43%)     median: 11263 (43%)     max: 11263 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score
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min: 67.2     avg: 75.7 (2%)     median: 72.4 (2%)     max: 108.5 ms
+ 19 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
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min: 0.361     avg: 0.4 (25%)     median: 0.4 (25%)     max: 0.6 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
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min: 0.529     avg: 0.7 (32%)     median: 0.7 (33%)     max: 0.724 GB/s
+ 18 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
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min: 3.2     avg: 4 (33%)     median: 4.1 (34%)     max: 4.2 GB/s
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
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min: 36.55     avg: 43.5 (36%)     median: 45.5 (38%)     max: 46.45 fps
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
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min: 156.94     avg: 166.9 (71%)     median: 166.9 (71%)     max: 175 fps
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WinRAR - Result
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min: 3908     avg: 4486.3 (53%)     median: 4584 (54%)     max: 4903 KB/s
+ 8 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
wPrime 2.0x - 1024m
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min: 211.321     avg: 265.5 (3%)     median: 226.5 (3%)     max: 379 seconds
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wPrime 2.0x - 32m
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min: 6.954     avg: 8.7 (2%)     median: 7.8 (2%)     max: 13.484 seconds
+ 25 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart