Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core i5-8250U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7300HQ performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8250U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7300HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-7300HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8250U outputs less heat than Core i5-7300HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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