Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i5-7500 vs Core i7-4700HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7500 beats the Core i7-4700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700HQ 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.