Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Core i7-2600 vs Core i7-5700HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ performs better than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5700HQ outputs less heat than Core i7-2600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.