Intel Core i5-7200U vs Intel Core i7-2860QM

Core i5-7200U vs Core i7-2860QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2860QM beats the Core i5-7200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2860QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-7200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7200U. According to our data, the Core i5-7200U and Core i7-2860QM have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-2860QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2860QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-7200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.