I7-7700hq vs i7

According to foreign websites, the new Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ processor offers a minimal improvement over the i7-6700HQ, which have both been sold among the best laptops on the market . Almost any improvement is due to its higher speed in the frequency of the same rather than an architectural improvement.

i7-7700HQ offers minimal improvement over i7-6700HQ

It is not surprising that this generation is not having much hype, because it is merely a rehash. The most palpable improvement that we find is its increase of 300 MHz more: 2.80 GHz base to 3.80 GHz with Boost. While the current i7-6700HQ has 2.50 GHz up to 3.50 GHz, which goes up as standard.

Regarding its results in synthetic benchmarks, we find 7.53 points for the i7-7700HQ against 7.39 points for the i7-6700HQ, having an improvement of 2% . At Cinebench we have 664 vs. 684 (+ 3%) and NovaBench 3, 826 points vs. 877 points (+ 6%).

We recommend reading our guide to the best processors on the market.

Although, as you all know, this is nothing more than a test reference, and in games the perception at first will be minimal. So is an i7-7700HQ really worth it? The answer is clearly no , and it is that the change would only be justifiable if you want more graphics power (for the new ones) and you need more powerful equipment, but if you have the sixth generation of processors… save the money on enjoy it on a summer vacation. relax.

We also want to remind you that if you want to overclock your portable processor you can do so. Only you need better cooling and of course the software that allows it (depends on the manufacturer).

Source: laptopmedia