Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Core i5-2300 vs Core i7-4710MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4710MQ beats the Core i5-2300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4710MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-2300 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. For instance, the Core i5-2300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.