Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-7700HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11400 is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11400 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-11400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.