Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-2700K

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-7500 and Intel Core i7-2700K. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

959Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score796
3062Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3016
6064PassMark CPU Mark Rating5629
2284PassMark Single Thread Rating1790
34583DMark Time Spy Physics Score3598

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-7500ProcessorIntel Core i7-2700K
3400 MHzFrequency3500 MHz
3800 MHzMaximum Frequency3900 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP95 W
Intel HD Graphics 630GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Kaby LakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket 1151 LGAPackageLGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

956Single-Core Score792
3519Multi-Core Score2941
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.3.1 (Build 20E241)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)ModelSystem manufacturer System Product Name
iMac18,3Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 iMac18,3MotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8B75-M LE

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-7500NameIntel Core i7-2700K
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.40 GHzBase Frequency3.49 GHz
Maximum Frequency3.89 GHz
PackageSocket 1155 LGA
CodenameSandy Bridge
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

40.00 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency665 MHz
2400 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR4TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

956Single-Core Score792
994Crypto Score834
949Integer Score761
965Floating Point Score 851
994
1.69 GB/sec
AES-XTS834
1.42 GB/sec
950
4.80 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)929
4.70 MB/sec
986
46.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression853
40.3 Mpixels/sec
940
2.65 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)750
2.12 MTE/sec
868
1.02 MElements/sec
HTML5729
856.0 KElements/sec
920
288.3 Krows/sec
SQLite703
220.4 Krows/sec
988
53.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering768
41.7 Mpixels/sec
966
307.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering689
219.5 KB/sec
927
7.22 Klines/sec
Clang744
5.80 Klines/sec
999
11.6 images/sec
Camera718
8.33 images/sec
905
1.13 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics876
1.10 Mpairs/sec
1177
7291.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics805
4988.8 FPS
284
15.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur754
41.4 Mpixels/sec
592
4.56 images/sec
Face Detection783
6.03 images/sec
979
24.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection799
19.7 Mpixels/sec
1906
93.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1323
64.9 Mpixels/sec
1812
24.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1403
19.1 Mpixels/sec
1060
850.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing906
727.5 Kpixels/sec
923
8.27 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion559
5.01 Kpixels/sec
996
31.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition915
29.2 Words/sec
1140
44.0 images/sec
Machine Learning594
22.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3519Multi-Core Score2941
4772Crypto Score2979
3269Integer Score2915
3853Floating Point Score 2992
4772
8.13 GB/sec
AES-XTS2979
5.08 GB/sec
2990
15.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3965
20.1 MB/sec
3650
172.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3717
175.8 Mpixels/sec
2603
7.34 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1938
5.47 MTE/sec
3269
3.84 MElements/sec
HTML52861
3.36 MElements/sec
3429
1.07 Mrows/sec
SQLite3115
975.9 Krows/sec
3474
188.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3227
175.1 Mpixels/sec
3312
1.03 MB/sec
Text Rendering2254
718.0 KB/sec
3300
25.7 Klines/sec
Clang3149
24.5 Klines/sec
3529
40.9 images/sec
Camera2609
30.2 images/sec
3149
3.94 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3503
4.38 Mpairs/sec
4479
27751.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3880
24040.4 FPS
3521
193.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2610
143.5 Mpixels/sec
3932
30.3 images/sec
Face Detection3233
24.9 images/sec
3548
87.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3177
78.3 Mpixels/sec
5388
264.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4311
211.5 Mpixels/sec
6698
91.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR5495
74.9 Mpixels/sec
5643
4.53 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4065
3.26 Mpixels/sec
3502
31.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2324
20.8 Kpixels/sec
2289
73.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1839
58.8 Words/sec
2457
94.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1146
44.3 images/sec