i5 7400 vs i5 7500

waikeng

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is there any big differences between these two cpu?
i can get i5 7400 at 173 dollar while i5 7500 at 193 dollar.
is 7500 worth the pain?
 
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The i5-7500 is about 10% faster but i doubt it'll make a massive difference in most games, but those that are CPU intensive you'll get slightly better performance so i would personally go for it if it's not too straining on your budget. Here is a comparison between the two > http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7500-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7400/3648vs3886

Hope this helps :)

*Edit* Interestingly, the speed rank of the 7400 is 63rd whilst the 7500 is 25th that's quite a big jump for a small price according to UserBenchmark which i have found a pretty reliable site.

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The i5-7500 is about 10% faster but i doubt it'll make a massive difference in most games, but those that are CPU intensive you'll get slightly better performance so i would personally go for it if it's not too straining on your budget. Here is a comparison between the two > http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7500-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7400/3648vs3886

Hope this helps :)

*Edit* Interestingly, the speed rank of the 7400 is 63rd whilst the 7500 is 25th that's quite a big jump for a small price according to UserBenchmark which i have found a pretty reliable site.
 
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BajaCustom

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Even if this is solved, so that I won't open another topic, I would like to continue this because I don't consider it solved and cpu.benchmark isn't that reliable vs. day-to-day operation and most benchmarks are synthetic.

I face the same issue because it's about 25$ difference and that 25$ difference might be resulting in a better mobo with more features, or a better case for my final system. Either way, those are 25$ which I would want to know how to spend giving these circumstances:

1. I already own a GTX1060 3GB Gigabyte OC
2. I have a 75Hz monitor, so any more than that number of FPS is irrelevant.
3. Artificially created tests to predict Ryzen 1500X and 1600X from a 1800X (contenders for the 7400/7500/7600 pricwise) tells us that it will still be behind or at least on par with Intel.

Ok, so the third point might prove to be quite different on launch day, because we might have a surprise, but I highly doubt it since the architecture is confirmed to be the same, and the CPU will have only half the cores and lower cache, so I expect it to be actually about 2-5% slower than the artificial tests made by some youtube channels.

So, in the end, is that difference of 25$ worth the 400 MHz boost?
 

CRO5513Y

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Spending an extra $25 to get a 7500 over a 7400 will do more for you than getting a $25 better Motherboard or Case.... And i know UserBenchmark doesn't give you real gaming/workstation performance rating but it does a simple CPU stress test across Single and Multi-thread and gives you a score based on how well it did. Also a very easy tool to give some an approximate look at how much the relative percentage would be.