Best i7 Laptop of 2016

By Matt Staker. Last updated Jun 21, 2016.

The notebooks running on the latest Intel Core i7 processors, are designed for business and high-end consumer markets for most powerful performance. Combining the speed and power usage, the 3rd generation Intel Core i7 processors are currently the fastest line of processors from Intel. Our list of best i7 notebooks which also includes the thin and powerful Ultrabooks, cost you more considering their performance and energy efficiency.

The best i7 notebooks are most useful for various kinds of effective media performances and multitasking requirements including the high-end gaming (also 3D) applications and, playing and editing of high-definition/resolution videos and photos.

Specifications and Technologies:
Intel Core i7 processors deploy advanced technologies for faster, smoother, and richer PC and visual experiences with the help of quad cores achieving the processor speed of over 2.5 GHz.

Take a look at some of the significant proprietary processor technologies from Intel incorporated into the i7 processors.

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology is developed to utilize processor resources efficiently and making each processor core work on two tasks (twice the quad) at once letting your laptop experience 8-way smart and effective multitasking.
Intel Turbo Boost Technology is used to automatically boost the processor speed just when required, by adapting to the kind of task performed. This technology makes the processor cores run faster when running slower than the specification limits and the automatic boosting is done when your notebookâ??s operating system requests the highest processor performance state.
Intel Quick Sync Video helps your notebook perform effectively during editing, burning, and sharing of the videos by making use of dedicated media processor.
Intel HD Graphics, especially implemented in 3rd generation Intel processors, integrates the graphics engine and media processing for a better (3 times than the previous generation) gaming experience - without the cost of buying a separate graphics card.

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Check out the comparison of different versions of third generation Intel Core processors.

Configuration/Processor	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i5	Intel Core i7
Cores supported	2	4	4
Maximum supported Cache	3MB	6MB	8MB
Processor speed	Up to 3.3 GHz	Up to 3.2 GHz	Up to 3.7 GHz
Dedicated graphics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Instruction set	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit

Cache (pronounced 'cash') is a temporary memory space and more cache means more memory on your laptop's processor for programs to perform multitasking.
Instruction set conveys the amount or size of data it can handle at once; and 64-bit architecture can effectively work when your laptop's internal memory (RAM) is more than 4GB.