Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Core i5-2300 vs Core i7-9750H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9750H is faster than the Core i5-2300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9750H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2300. Indeed, the Core i7-9750H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2300. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2300. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750H. Despite this, the Core i7-9750H has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9750H 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.