Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i7-7700

Core i5-10500 vs Core i7-7700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500 performs better than the Core i7-7700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10500 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-10500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700. The Core i5-10500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.