Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Core i7-2820QM vs Pentium Gold G5400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2820QM beats the Pentium Gold G5400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium Gold G5400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2820QM has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G5400. Indeed, the Core i7-2820QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G5400. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G5400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G5400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G5400 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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.