Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

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