Intel Core i5-4200H vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Core i5-4200H vs Core i7-2630QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2630QM performs better than the Core i5-4200H. Despite this, the Core i5-4200H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200H. Indeed, the Core i7-2630QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2630QM outputs less heat than Core i5-4200H thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-4200H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.