Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450H is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.