Intel Core i7-5700HQ vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Core i7-5700HQ vs Core i3-1220P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ performs better than the Core i3-1220P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5700HQ. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-5700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-5700HQ. The Core i3-1220P also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.