Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i5-4210U vs Core i7-2670QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2670QM is faster than the Core i5-4210U. Despite this, the Core i5-4210U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4210U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4210U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210U. Also, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4210U 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.

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 i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.