The Core i7-7700HQ is Kaby Lake’s top-shelf direct successor of the Skylake Core i7-6700HQ offering slightly higher clock speeds on the almost identical architecture and TDP. While Intel markets Kaby Lake’s architecture as “14nm+”, the Core i7-7700HQ is still on the same 14nm node with the only significant update being in the iGPU department. That’s why the slightly altered clock speeds (2.8 – 3.8 GHz vs 2.6 – 3.5 GHz) bring not more than 10% increase in performance compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. We still have the supported Hyper-Threading technology with 4/8 – core/thread design, the same 45W TDP and 6MB cache.
However, the Kaby Lake generation boasts an updated video engine for the iGPU, although, its performance is just about the same. Branded as Intel HD Graphics 630, the GPU offers slightly higher clock speeds (350 – 1100 MHz vs 350 – 1050 MHz) compared to the Intel HD Graphics 530 and support for H265/HEVC Main10 profile at 10-bit color depth and the VP9 codec for full hardware acceleration. In addition, the HDCP 2.2 is also supported allowing Netflix’s 4K video streaming.
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Intel Core i7-7700HQ - Specs Sheet
Intel Core i7-7700HQ - benchmark tests
Results are from the Cinebench 11 CPU test (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Cinebench 15 CPU test (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Fritz test (higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (lower the score, the better)
We’ve tested Intel Core i7-7700HQ on…
| # | Laptop | Cinebench 11 | Cinebench 15 | Adobe Photoshop | Fritz | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Acer Aspire VX 15 (VX5-591G) | 8.15 | 728.00 | 9.78 | 13470.00 | N/A |
| 2. | Lenovo Legion Y520 | 8.14 | 728.00 | 9.93 | 13335.00 | $1043.17 |
| 3. | ASUS ROG Strix GL553VE | 8.15 | 731.00 | 9.89 | 13415.00 | N/A |
| 4. | Dell XPS 15 (9560) | 7.60 | 695.00 | 9.95 | 12478.00 | $1399.00 |
| 5. | Acer Aspire V 17 Nitro Black Edition (VN7-793G) | 8.13 | 728.00 | 9.88 | 4311.00 | $1398.38 |
| 6. | Lenovo Legion Y720 | 8.10 | 728.00 | 9.95 | 13305.00 | $1499.00 |
| 7. | Acer Aspire VX 15 (VX5-591G) | 8.13 | 727.00 | 9.99 | 13421.00 | $1049.99 |
| 8. | ASUS ROG Strix GL553VD (FX553VD) | 8.17 | 735.00 | 9.88 | 13399.00 | N/A |
| 9. | ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS | 8.15 | 732.00 | 9.88 | 13445.00 | N/A |
| 10. | Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro Black Edition (VN7-593G) | 8.18 | 730.00 | 10.75 | 13908.00 | N/A |
| 11. | HP Omen 17 (GTX 1070) | 8.11 | 722.00 | 10.83 | 13364.00 | $1949.99 |
| 12. | HP Omen 15 (2016, GTX 1050 Ti) | 8.18 | 730.00 | 10.67 | 13785.00 | N/A |
| 13. | HP Omen 17 (2017) | 8.12 | 723.00 | 10.75 | 13350.00 | N/A |
| 14. | ASUS ROG GL753VE | 8.16 | 729.00 | 9.85 | 13399.00 | N/A |
| 15. | ASUS ROG GL753VD | 8.15 | 734.00 | 9.91 | 13411.00 | $1168.66 |
| 16. | HP Omen 15 (2017, GTX 1060 Max-Q) | 8.11 | 727.00 | 10.72 | 13650.00 | N/A |
| 17. | Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-51) | 8.06 | 723.00 | 10.75 | 13455.00 | $1289.95 |
| 18. | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501VI | 8.13 | 744.00 | 10.65 | 13711.00 | $3251.99 |
| 19. | ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 N580 | 8.18 | 735.00 | 9.81 | 13648.00 | $1499.11 |
| 20. | ASUS ZenBook Pro UX550VE | 8.18 | 740.00 | 10.67 | 13855.00 | N/A |
| 21. | Dell Inspiron 15 7577 | 8.20 | 736.00 | 9.88 | 13724.00 | $1349.99 |
| 22. | ASUS ROG GL503VS | 8.17 | 733.00 | 9.77 | 13955.00 | $2216.94 |
| 23. | ASUS ROG GL702VI | 8.16 | 632.00 | 9.78 | 13637.00 | N/A |
| 24. | Acer Predator Triton 700 | 8.17 | 735.00 | 10.70 | 13640.00 | N/A |
| 25. | ASUS ROG Strix GL703VM | 8.05 | 727.00 | 9.89 | 13712.00 | N/A |
| 26. | MSI GS73 STEALTH PRO | 8.10 | 727.00 | 9.79 | 13548.00 | N/A |
| 27. | MSI GE73VR | 7.50 | 676.00 | 10.83 | 13235.00 | N/A |
| 28. | MSI GS73VR STEALTH PRO | 8.10 | 727.00 | 9.79 | 13548.00 | N/A |
| 29. | Dell Inspiron 15 7567 | 8.19 | 731.00 | 9.82 | 13582.00 | N/A |
| 30. | MSI GE63 RAIDER | 8.19 | 740.00 | 9.36 | 13738.00 | N/A |
| 31. | MSI GP62M 7REX Leopard Pro | 8.17 | 731.00 | 10.27 | 13646.00 | $969.99 |
| 32. | MSI GS63VR 7RF Stealth Pro | 8.23 | 736.00 | 9.36 | 13780.00 | N/A |
| 33. | MSI GE63VR 7RF Raider | 8.19 | 740.00 | 9.36 | 13738.00 | N/A |
| 34. | MSI GL62M 7RDX | 8.23 | 735.00 | 9.90 | 13763.00 | N/A |
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