Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i5-1335U

Core i7-7700 vs Core i5-1335U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1335U beats the Core i7-7700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1335U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700. Indeed, the Core i5-1335U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1335U. Despite this, the Core i5-1335U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1335U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700. The Core i5-1335U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.