Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core 7 150U

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core 7 150U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7300HQ performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-7300HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7300HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7300HQ. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.