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Intel Core i7-7820X Benchmark, Test and specs

Name: Intel Core i7-7820X
Brand: Intel
Rating: 3.2 (6 reviews)

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i7-7820X has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2066 socket and was released in Q2/2017. The Intel Core i7-7820X scores 1,285 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 8,916 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Core i7-7820X
Family:	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture:	Skylake X
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-7820X has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-7820X is 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	8 / 16
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	8x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	4.30 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-7820X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-7820X uses the no iGPU, which has -- texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Max. GPU Memory:	--
Frame Generation:	No

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.

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 85.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	85.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth:	27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	140 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-7820X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 11.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2066
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	11.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date:	Q2/2017
Release price:	650 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-7820X
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-7820X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1516
	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1515
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1514
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1513
	Intel Core i5-10500 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	1509
	Intel Xeon Gold 6248R 24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz	1503
	Intel Core i7-7740X 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1497

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	8169
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	8148
	Intel Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	8136
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	8123
	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	8086
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	8068
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	8053

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 i9-9900 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1292
	Intel Xeon Gold 6314U 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	1288
	Intel Core i9-10910 10C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1286
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1285
	Intel Xeon Gold 6348 28C 56T @ 3.50 GHz	1283
	Intel Core i9-10900T 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	1279
	Intel Core i7-7740X 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1277

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 i7-10700 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	8945
	Intel Core i7-10700F 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	8945
	Intel Core i7-13700TE 16C 24T @ 3.70 GHz	8925
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	8916
	Intel Xeon Gold 5117 14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz	8856
	Intel Xeon D-1749NT 10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz	8820
	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	8782

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 4700G 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	500
	Intel Core i7-10700 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	499
	Intel Core i7-10700F 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	499
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	498
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	495
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	495
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	495

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 i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	5226
	Intel Core i9-10910 10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz	5223
	Intel Core i9-9920X 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	5179
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	5155
	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	5122
	Intel Core i9-9900KF 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	4995
	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	4995

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 Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	17428
	Intel Core i7-6950X 10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz	17377
	Intel Core i5-12600T 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	17302
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	17244
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	17198
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	17170
	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082

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 i9-9900X 10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz	169.7
	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	185.5
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	211.2
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	212
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	215.1
	Intel Core i7-9700K 8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	217.1
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	217.8

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 i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4467
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	4436
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	4402
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4398
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	4383
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4301
	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 12C 24T @ 2.30 GHz	4281

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 i7-7700K 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	200
	Intel Core i7-7740X 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	200
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	198
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	197
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	197
	Intel Core i3-10300 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	197
	Intel Core i9-9940X 14C 28T @ 4.50 GHz	197

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 i9-9900 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1931
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1927
	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	1914
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1887
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz	1860
	Intel Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1859
	Intel Xeon Gold 5117F 14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz	1858

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,885 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,819 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
613 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
744 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,110 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,106 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--