Intel Core i5-7300U vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1153 points

9% slightly better overall score

1056 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2228 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

867 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

833 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

750 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.58 points

26.29 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

Identical

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

910th of 1,089

933rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7300U vs Core i7-5600U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5600U is faster than the Core i5-7300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-7300U and Core i7-5600U have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.