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Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Intel i7-7820HQ

The Intel Core i7-7820HQ is a fast quad-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the second fastest model of the consumer series at the time of the announcement. Only the i7-7920HQ and Xeon E3-1535M v6 are faster. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading support running at 2.9 - 3.9 GHz (4 cores up to 3.5 GHz, 2 cores up to 3.7 GHz), the processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 630 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

Due to the higher clock speeds, the performance of the i7-7820HQ is slightly faster than the old Skylake top model Core i7-6920HQ (2.9 - 3.8 GHz). The performance is sufficient even for very demanding tasks and on par with powerful desktop quad-core processors.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1100 MHz. The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 45 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 35 Watts by the notebook manufacturers (cTDP down). This will obviously affect the performance, because the Turbo Boost cannot be maintained for longer periods.

SeriesIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameKaby Lake

Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake

Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ « 2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock Rate2900 - 3900 MHz
Level 1 Cache256 KB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Level 3 Cache8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)45 Watt
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
Max. Temperature100 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
GPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (300 - 1150 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$378 U.S.
Announcement Date01/03/2017

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 630     avg: 710     median: 736 (5%)     max: 762 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 160     avg: 163     median: 163 (49%)     max: 166 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 7.36     avg: 7.9     median: 8 (10%)     max: 8.28 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.79     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (46%)     max: 1.83 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5776     avg: 6007     median: 6118 (37%)     max: 6128 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 21534     avg: 22293     median: 22369 (16%)     max: 22977 points
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6675     avg: 7448     median: 7679 (16%)     max: 7989 Points
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 23800     avg: 26622     median: 27717 (25%)     max: 28349 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 8362     avg: 9087     median: 9118.5 (25%)     max: 9747 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 44113     avg: 50414     median: 52957 (45%)     max: 54171 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6771     avg: 7398     median: 7384 (19%)     max: 8051 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9364     avg: 10277     median: 10303.5 (18%)     max: 11138 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3698     avg: 3898     median: 3897.5 (16%)     max: 4097 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 913     avg: 972     median: 995 (1%)     max: 1007 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 35321     avg: 37525     median: 38182 (34%)     max: 39072 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 68.4     avg: 79.1     median: 79.1 (14%)     max: 89.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 65.1     avg: 67.7     median: 67.7 (12%)     max: 70.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 10.8     avg: 11.1     median: 11.1 (8%)     max: 11.3 Points per Watt
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Reviews for the Intel Core i7-7820HQ processor

HP Elitebook Folio 1040 G4 (FHD, 7820HQ) Laptop Review

HP Elitebook Folio 1040 G4 (FHD, 7820HQ) Laptop Review

Beauty and a beast. The EliteBook 1040 G4 now offers Intel's Core i7-7820HQ. The quad-core processor is quite a step up from most ultrabook CPUs, but how does i...
Intel Core i7-7820HQ | Intel HD Graphics 630 | 14.00" | 1.5 kg
Lenovo ThinkPad P71 (i7, P3000, 4K) Workstation Review

Lenovo ThinkPad P71 (i7, P3000, 4K) Workstation Review

Quiet and powerful. The ThinkPad P71 is Lenovo's biggest and most powerful mobile workstation. It is a powerful machine, but still pleasantly quiet in many situ...
Intel Core i7-7820HQ | NVIDIA Quadro P3000 | 17.30" | 3.5 kg
Dell Precision 3520 (i7-7820HQ, M620M) Workstation Review

Dell Precision 3520 (i7-7820HQ, M620M) Workstation Review

Rough around the edges. With their Precision 3000 workstation-series, Dell promises lots of performance for comparatively little money. Our review update takes ...
Intel Core i7-7820HQ | NVIDIA Quadro M620 | 15.60" | 2.3 kg

Microsoft Surface Studio 2-LAL-00003: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), 28.00", 9.4 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Studio 2-LAL-00003

Aorus X9 v7: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 17.30", 3.6 kg
  External Review » Aorus X9 v7

HP Elitebook 1040 G4-2XU40UT: Intel HD Graphics 630, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  External Review » HP Elitebook 1040 G4-2XU40UT

Fujitsu Celsius H770-P161DE: NVIDIA Quadro M2200, 15.60", 2.8 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu Celsius H770-P161DE

Dell Latitude 5580-X1W6W: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 15.60", 2.2 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 5580-X1W6W

Dell Precision 5520-F84DY: NVIDIA Quadro M1200, 15.60", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Dell Precision 5520-F84DY

Apple MacBook Pro 15 2017 (2.9 GHz, 560): AMD Radeon Pro 560, 15.40", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 15 2017 (2.9 GHz, 560)

Dell Latitude 14 5480, Core i7-7820HQ: Intel HD Graphics 630, 14.00", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 14 5480, Core i7-7820HQ

Acer Predator 17 G9-793-5593 : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, 17.30", 4.5 kg
  External Review » Acer Predator 17 G9-793-5593

Dell Precision 3520: NVIDIA Quadro M620, 15.60", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Precision 3520

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Other CPUs of the series Kaby Lake

» Intel Core i7-7740X
   4x 4.3 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7700K
   4x 4.2 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7700
   4x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7920HQ
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7700T
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7600K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6
   4x 3 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7820HQ
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7820HK
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7700HQ
   4x 2.8 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7500
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7440HQ
   4x 2.8 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7567U
   2x 3.5 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7660U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7600U
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7300HQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7500T
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7287U
   2x 3.3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7560U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7267U
   2x 3.1 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7360U
   2x 2.3 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7500U
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7300U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7260U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7200U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i3-7100H
   2x 3 GHz
» Intel Core i3-7167U
   2x 2.8 GHz
» Intel Core i3-7130U
   2x 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7Y75
   2x 1.3 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7Y57
   2x 1.2 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-7Y54
   2x 1.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i3-7100U
   2x 2.4 GHz
» Intel Core m3-7Y32
   2x 1 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
   2x 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core m3-7Y30
   2x 1 GHz - 2.6 GHz
» Intel Celeron 3965U
   2x 2.2 GHz
» Intel Core i3-7020U
   2x 2.3 GHz
» Intel Celeron 3867U
   2x 1.8 GHz
» Intel Celeron 3865U
   2x 1.8 GHz
» Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
   2x 1.6 GHz
» Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y
   2x 1.5 GHz
» Intel Celeron 3965Y
   2x 1.5 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i5-8300H
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
+ Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5
   4x 3 GHz - 3.9 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-1180G7
   4x 2.2 GHz - 4.6 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-4940MX
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-7820HQ
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- Intel Core i7-7820HK
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- Intel Core i7-6920HQ
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.8 GHz
- Intel Xeon E3-1545M v5
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.8 GHz
- Intel Core i7-5950HQ
   4x 2.9 GHz - 3.8 GHz
- Intel Core i7-4930MX
   4x 3 GHz - 3.9 GHz
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Klaus Hinum, 2017-01- 3 (Update: 2017-01- 3)