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Intel Core i3-7300 vs Intel Core i7-6820EQ

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-7300

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i7-6820EQ

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 67 %

Intel Core i3-7300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6820EQ

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,242

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,151

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

2,493

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,588

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,030

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

926

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

2,325

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,514

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Intel HD Graphics 530

384

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 6000H (15)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Skylake H
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1440
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-6300
Successor	Intel Core i3-8300	Intel Core i7-7820EQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
TDP	51 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-6820EQ
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q4/2015
Release price		378 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6820EQ
4C / 8T · 2.80 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★