A 7th Gen i7 can beat 8th gen i5 or even an 8th gen i5 can beat 7th gen i7. Here one more factor comes into play power efficiency, usually newer generation processor can give same processing power than earlier generations but with less amount of power. read more
You would expect a new generation of Intel CPUs to be noticeably faster than the one which came before, but the performance delta between the latest, 8th Gen "Kaby Lake Refresh" chips and their 7th Gen "Kaby Lake" predecessors feels like a two or three year leap. read more
Re: 7th Gen i7 Vs 8th Gen i7 BharatG Aug 27, 2017 6:36 PM (in response to N.Scott.Pearson) Am looking for a laptop for gaming, and for business purpose to work with some programming stuff as well for data mining stuff too. read more