Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)
Intel Core i7 7700HQ 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR4-2400)
Newer PCIe version (3.0 vs 2.0)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 2MB)