Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i5-12400

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core i5-12400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Core i5-7300HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-7300HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300HQ. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-7300HQ and Core i5-12400 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12400 CPU because of its significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.