Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i5-12600KF

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-12600KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600KF 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.