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Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7500

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i5-5300U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7500

Rank 2 - 49 %

Intel Core i5-5300U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,260

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

921

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,685

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,834

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

961

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

688

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,091

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,493

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

422

Intel HD Graphics 5500

346

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

638.4 s

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,716.7 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

420

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

298

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,580

2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

810

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

162 cb

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

112 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

617 cb

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

273 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 5000U (16)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Broadwell U
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1168
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i5-4300U
Successor	Intel Core i5-8500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.80 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.60 GHz	2.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		7.5 W
T. junction max.		105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-5300U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q1/2015
Release price	220 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-5300U
2C / 4T · 2.30 - 2.90 GHz

★★★★★