Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Core i5-7400 vs Core i7-12700H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Core i5-7400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7400. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H outputs less heat than Core i5-7400 thanks to a 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 i5-7400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.