Core i7-5500U vs Core i7-860 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-860 beats the Core i7-5500U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-5500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5500U. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-5500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5500U. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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