Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core i5-4200U vs Core i7 Q 720 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4200U is faster than the Core i7 Q 720. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4200U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-4200U and Core i7 Q 720 are identical in this regard.

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.