Intel Core i7-2670QM vs Intel Core i5 M 560

Core i7-2670QM vs Core i5 M 560 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5 M 560 beats the Core i7-2670QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2670QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5 M 560 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5 M 560. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 560 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2670QM.

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 i7-2670QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.