Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i5-4200U vs Core i7-2670QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2670QM beats the Core i5-4200U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. Also, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2670QM CPU because of its 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 i5-4200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.