Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

Core i5-7400 vs Core i7-2760QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2760QM beats the Core i5-7400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2760QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-2760QM 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.