Intel Core i5-7260U vs Intel Core i5-1145G7

Core i5-7260U vs Core i5-1145G7 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1145G7 beats the Core i5-7260U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7260U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1145G7 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-7260U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7260U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-1145G7 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7260U. Also, the Core i5-1145G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7260U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-1145G7 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 i5-7260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.