Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i5-3210M

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-3210M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-7700HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3210M. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3210M outputs less heat than Core i7-7700HQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.