Intel Core i5-5257U vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Core i5-5257U vs Core i7-2630QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the Core i5-5257U. Despite this, the Core i5-5257U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-5257U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-5257U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-5257U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i5-5257U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-5257U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2630QM 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 i5-5257U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.