Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Core i5-2500

Core i7-4720HQ vs Core i5-2500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4720HQ performs better than the Core i5-2500. Despite this, the Core i5-2500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 CPU because of its 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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.