Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i3-6098P

Core i5-7500 vs Core i3-6098P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7500 beats the Core i3-6098P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6098P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-7500 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6098P has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6098P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500. The Core i3-6098P outputs less heat than Core i5-7500 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-7500 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-6098P. The Core i5-7500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.