Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Core i5-7500 vs Core i9-8950HK comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i5-7500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7500. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-8950HK outputs less heat than Core i5-7500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7500. The Core i9-8950HK 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.