Intel Core i5-4200H vs Intel Core i7-975

Core i5-4200H vs Core i7-975 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-975 is faster than the Core i5-4200H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-975 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4200H has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4200H. Also, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4200H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its significantly 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.