Intel Core i5-7500T vs Intel Core i7-870

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-870

Price

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$ 130.43

$ 32.61 slightly less expensive

$ 163.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1862 points

1923 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3552 points

14% slightly better gaming score

3090 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1406 points

1576 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1350 points

1513 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.76 points

0.04% slightly higher Blender score

37.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3023 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1563 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1087 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

485 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3062 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1550 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

133% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

475 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.93 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

749th of 1,089

732nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7500T vs Core i7-870 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-870 beats the Core i5-7500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500T. Also, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-7500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.