i5 7300hq or i7 7700hq for gaming and some Pythong and R coding

[nikikapralov1]

So which CPU is all the rest is identical except for price? (I7 is 50$ more but im really stretching the budget if I add 50 more, still if there is good point in doing so...)

 

[richiestang_78]

Not sure if coding will have much of a difference between the two, but if it were me I would defiantly get the 7700hq

 

[dudeman509]

Most Python is still single-threaded unless you get into the more advanced stuff. R multithreads a little bit more easily, but 4 cores is more than enough.

However, the extra clockspeed of the i7 would probably run things a bit better. You could also look into the i5-8250u (15W TDP, insane battery life, 4C/8T like the 7th gen i7). There's also an i7-8550u with a bit higher clocks.