Intel Core i7-1068G7 vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-1068G7 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-7700HQ

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i7-1068G7 and the Intel Core i7-7700HQ and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i7-1068G7 4 core processor released in Q3/2019 with the Intel Core i7-7700HQ which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2017.
Intel Core i7 (293) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19) CPU group Intel Core i 7000H (10)
10 Generation 7
Ice Lake U Architecture Kaby Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-6700HQ
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1068G7 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (4.10 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i7-7700HQ clocks with 2.80 GHz (3.80 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Characteristic Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Characteristic Intel Core i7-7700HQ
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
11 GPU Generation 9.5
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
64 Compute units 24
512 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i7-1068G7, while the Intel Core i7-7700HQ supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Characteristic Intel Core i7-7700HQ
LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2400, DDR3-1866
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 20
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-1068G7 has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i7-7700HQ is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Characteristic Intel Core i7-7700HQ
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1068G7 has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Intel Core i7-7700HQ is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Characteristic Intel Core i7-7700HQ
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1526 Socket BGA 1440
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2017
470 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1237 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
921 (74%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1245 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
883 (71%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4797 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3324 (69%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1581 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1178 (75%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
5117 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3689 (72%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
456 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
390 (86%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1739 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1701 (98%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz
1126 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (38%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9851 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
6955 (71%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
191 (100%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
162 (85%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
44 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
174 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4271 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
61 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
506.8 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
362 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1760 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
762 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Unknown Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2017)

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