Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-7300HQ
Both Core i7-7700HQ and Core i5-7300HQ have an identical monothread performance besides their multithread performance are pretty similar. These two models were released at the same time which could explain their performance similarity in monothread performance.
Comparison
Specs
Core i7-7700HQ
Core i5-7300HQ
Base frequency
2800 MHz
2500 MHz
Boost frequency
3800 MHz
3500 MHz
Half load boost frequency
3400 MHz
3100 MHz
Socket
BGA1440
BGA1440
Cores
4
4
Threads
8
4
TDP
45 W
45 W
L1 cache
4x32+4x32 kb
4x32+4x32 kb
L2 cache
4x256 kb
4x256 kb
L3 cache
6144 kb
6144 kb
Proccess
0,014 um
0,014 um
Core
Kaby Lake-H
Kaby Lake-H
Architecture
Kaby Lake
Kaby Lake
Release date
1/2017
1/2017
Monothread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
33635
32789 [-2.58%]
Mode III [AVX2]
61712
58718 [-5.1%]
Mode II [AVX]
49391
N/A
Mode I [SSE3]
48335
N/A
Multithread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
108089
102148 [-5.82%]
Mode III [AVX2]
199001
190357 [-4.54%]
Mode II [AVX]
170641
N/A
Mode I [SSE3]
169471
N/A
Stats
Perf per MHz Mode 0
8.85
9.37 [+5.88%]
Perf per MHz Mode III
16.24
16.78 [+3.33%]
Perf per watt Mode 0
2401.98
2269.96 [-5.82%]
Perf per watt Mode III
4422.24
4230.16 [-4.54%]
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