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Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6

Intel Core i7-7820HQ

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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.

Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6

► remove from comparison Intel E3-1535M v6

The Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 is a fast quad-core processor for workstation notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the top model of the mobile Kaby-Lake-H series at the time of the announcement. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading support running at 3.1 - 4.2 GHz (4 cores up to 3.9 GHz, 2 cores up to 4.1 GHz), the processor is also equipped with the professional HD Graphics P630 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

The performance is a bit higher compared to the fastest Kaby Lake consumer CPU, the Intel Core i7-7920HQ, thanks to slightly higher Turbo clocks (100 - 200 MHz), so it is the fastest mobile consumer processor in the beginning of 2017. The performance is sufficient even for very demanding tasks and on par with powerful desktop quad-core processors.

Graphics

The integrated professional Intel HD Graphics P630 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. It offers certified drivers for 15 professional and CAD applications.

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.

ModelIntel Core i7-7820HQIntel Xeon E3-1535M v6
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameKaby LakeKaby 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 v63.1 - 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
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 « 3.1 - 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 i7-7820HQ2.9 - 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
Clock2900 - 3900 MHz3100 - 4200 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 8
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, SIPP, vPro, TXT
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (300 - 1150 MHz)Intel HD Graphics P630 (300 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$378 U.S.$623 U.S.
Announced

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 630     avg: 710     median: 736 (5%)     max: 762 Points
min: 675     avg: 784     median: 806 (5%)     max: 848 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 160     avg: 163     median: 163 (49%)     max: 166 Points
min: 171     avg: 175.3     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 179 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 7.36     avg: 7.9     median: 8 (10%)     max: 8.28 Points
7.5 Points (10%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.79     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (46%)     max: 1.83 Points
1.9 Points (48%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5776     avg: 6007     median: 6118 (37%)     max: 6128 Points
6426 Points (39%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 21534     avg: 22293     median: 22369 (16%)     max: 22977 Points
20729 Points (15%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
28617 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8325 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
317 s (4%)
341.4 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
9.4 s (2%)
10.6 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4363 Points (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
39.8 fps (14%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
169.3 fps (39%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.7 GB/s (11%)
0.8 GB/s (13%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.2 GB/s (11%)
4.7 GB/s (12%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6675     avg: 7448     median: 7679 (16%)     max: 7989 Points
min: 7635     avg: 8228     median: 8227.5 (18%)     max: 8820 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.6 s (2%)
8.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
21.4 s (1%)
20 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
527 s (2%)
496.9 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 23800     avg: 26622     median: 27717 (24%)     max: 28349 Points
min: 25309     avg: 32892     median: 32892 (29%)     max: 40475 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 8362     avg: 9087     median: 9118.5 (25%)     max: 9747 Points
min: 7754     avg: 9618     median: 10501 (28%)     max: 10599 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
45502 Points (37%)
min: 43269     avg: 51632     median: 55248 (45%)     max: 56380 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 44113     avg: 50414     median: 52957 (45%)     max: 54171 Points
58534 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6771     avg: 7398     median: 7384 (19%)     max: 8051 Points
min: 5705     avg: 8092     median: 8823.5 (22%)     max: 9016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9364     avg: 10277     median: 10303.5 (18%)     max: 11138 Points
min: 9389     avg: 11581     median: 12217.5 (22%)     max: 12500 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3698     avg: 3898     median: 3897.5 (16%)     max: 4097 Points
min: 3208     avg: 4249     median: 4534.5 (19%)     max: 4719 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
13561 Points (24%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3695 Points (72%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
14022 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3878 Points (58%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 913     avg: 972     median: 995 (1%)     max: 1007 ms
min: 862     avg: 870     median: 871 (1%)     max: 878 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
74.1 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 35321     avg: 37525     median: 38182 (34%)     max: 39072 Points
min: 41579     avg: 42725     median: 42224 (38%)     max: 44371 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 68.4     avg: 79.1     median: 79.1 (14%)     max: 89.7 Watt
min: 61.2     avg: 73     median: 73 (13%)     max: 84.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 65.1     avg: 67.7     median: 67.7 (12%)     max: 70.3 Watt
min: 63.3     avg: 70.6     median: 70.6 (13%)     max: 77.9 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
min: 10.3     avg: 10.5     median: 10.5 (8%)     max: 10.7 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7820HQ → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 → 108% n=24

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