Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Core i7-8700T vs Core i7-5700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5700HQ beats the Core i7-8700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5700HQ. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-5700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5700HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-5700HQ. The Core i7-8700T 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.