We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 7700HQ against the 2.4 GHz i5 9300H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
What are the key differences between 9300H and 7700HQ
Advantages of Intel Core i5 9300H
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
- Newer - released 2-years and 4-months later
- Has 2048 KB larger L3 cache size
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency [4.1 GHz vs 3.8 GHz]
- Around 4.3 GB/s [11%] higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
Cinebench R23
Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 [Single-Core]
Cinebench R23 [Multi-Core]
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GeekBench v6
The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 [Single-Core]
File compression - 284.6 MB/sec Clang compilation - 34.3 Klines/sec HTML 5 Browser - 85 pages/sec PDF Renderer - 135.4 Mpixels/sec Text processing - 143.8 pages/sec Background blur - 24.6 images/sec Photo processing - 33.4 images/sec Ray tracing - 6.59 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU [Single-Core]
Passmark CPU [Multi-Core]
Integer math 22.3 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec Floating point math 13.8 GOps/sec 16 GOps/sec Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec Data encryption 2.4 GBytes/sec 2.6 GBytes/sec Data compression 97.9 MBytes/sec 106.4 MBytes/sec Physics 491 Frames/sec 492 Frames/sec Extended instructions 6.3B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 7700HQ and i5 9300H
General
Vendor Intel Intel Released January 3, 2017 April 23, 2019 Type Laptop Laptop instruction set x86-64 x86-64 Codename Kaby Lake Coffee Lake Model number i7-7700HQ i5-9300H Integrated GPU HD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 630
CPU
Performance Cores P-Cores 4 4 P-Threads 8 8 Base Frequency [P] 2.8 GHz 2.4 GHz Turbo Boost Frequency [P] 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz Total Total Cores 4 4 Total Threads 8 8 Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s L1 Cache 128K [per core] 64K [per core] L2 Cache 256K [per core] 256K [per core] L3 Cache 6MB [shared] 8MB [shared] Unlocked Multiplier No No
Package
Fabrication process 14 nm 14 nm TDP [PL1] 45 W 45 W Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1440 Peak temperature 100°C 100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1050 MHz Shading Units 192 192 TMUs 24 24 ROPs 3 3 Execution Units 24 24 TGP 15 W 15 W Max. Resolution 4096x2304 - 60 Hz 4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Memory Support
Memory types - DDR4-2400 - LPDDR3-2133 - DDR3L-1600 - DDR4-2666 - LPDDR3-2133 Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB Max. Memory Channels 2 2 Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 41.8 GB/s ECC Support No No
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