Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i5-2450M

Core i5-7300U vs Core i5-2450M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7300U beats the Core i5-2450M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-2450M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2450M. Also, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2450M 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. Indeed, the Core i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.