Intel Core i7-920 vs Intel Core i5-2400S

Core i7-920 vs Core i5-2400S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2400S is faster than the Core i7-920. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-920 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2400S. Despite this, the Core i5-2400S has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-2400S outputs less heat than Core i7-920 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.