Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-7700T

Core i5-8279U vs Core i7-7700T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8279U beats the Core i7-7700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700T CPU because of its slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.