Core i5-650 vs Core i7-870 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-870 performs better than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-870 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-650. Indeed, the Core i7-870 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-650. It also has more threads than the Core i5-650. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-870. Despite this, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-650 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-650 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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