Core i7-7500U vs Core i7-12700K specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i7-7500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-7500U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K 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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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