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    Temperature differences between i5 7300HQ and i7 7700HQ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Bankfenster, Mar 26, 2017.

  1. Bankfenster

    Bankfenster Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    does someone know if there are major temperature differences between those two?
     
    Bankfenster, Mar 26, 2017
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  2. don_svetlio

    don_svetlio In the Pipe, Five by Five.

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    The i7 will run hotter if both are pushed to their maximum. Mainly due to HT making each core harder on the i7.
     
    don_svetlio, Mar 26, 2017
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  3. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    The other side of the coin is that for a given workload, for a given cooling design (they're both 45W chips...), the faster chip will be ~10% to ~34% (single/multi-threaded workloads) faster and will be cooler, on average than the weaker i5...

    That is assuming, of course, that the cooling design can properly handle that 45W TDP envelope fully.

    Pushed to perform unrealistic BM's, they will both throttle at the same temp - all else being equal - but the i7 will still produce more 'work' for a given time space.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Mar 29, 2017
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