| Attribute |
Intel Core i7-7700HQ × | 
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | Intel | AMD |
| Series | Intel Core i7 | AMD Ryzen |
| Model | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| CPU Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | + |
| Overclocking | - | + |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Turbo (4 Cores) (GHz) | 3.4 | - |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | - | 4 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | No |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | No |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode | No |
| VP8 | Decode / Encode | No |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | No |
| VP9 | Decode / Encode | No |
| AVC | Decode / Encode | No |
| Internal Graphics | | |
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.3 | - |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | 1.1 | - |
| Generation | 9 | - |
| DirectX Version | 12 | - |
| Execution units | 24 | - |
| Shader | 192 | - |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 64 | - |
| Max. displays | 3 | - |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2016 | - |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM | - |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 64 | 64 |
| PCIe lanes | 20 | 20 |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ECC | - | + |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2017 | 2018 |
| Technology (Nm) | 14 | 12 |
| Socket | BGA 1440 | AM4 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 6 | 16 |
| Architecture | Kaby Lake M | Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | - | 95 |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 45 | 95 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 422 | - |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 8,790 | 14,360 |
| 1↑Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 883 | 1,052 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 3,324 | 5,782 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 162 | 176 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 762 | 1,380 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 390 | 421 |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 1,701 | 3,048 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1.84 | 2.08 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 8.02 | 14.4 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 4,039 | 4,823 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 14,668 | 22,745 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) | 40.7 | - |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | 506.8 | 278.4 |
| Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 961 | 1,074 |
| Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 4,271 | 7,514 |