Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen Laptop CPU (Review)

Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen Specifications CPU-ZThe Intel Core i5-7200U is a member of the latest 7th Generation Intel Core U “Kaby Lake” laptop processor family. The i5-7200U is a mid-tier dual-core CPU in the 7th Gen series, as opposed to lower-mid-range i3-7100U and upper-mid-range i7-7500U from the same family. The 7th Gen Core U chips are essentially only minor upgrades of their 6th Gen “Skylake” precursors. They are all aimed at use in the mainstream laptops, such as the common 15.6-inch all-rounders. Also, they are based on the same 14-nanometer production technology and have a thermal design power of 15 Watts. As the main improvements, the 7th Gen i3, i5, and i7 CPUs have slightly faster clock speeds over their 6th Gen counterparts. Additionally, Intel highlights further improvements in Ultra HD (4K) high-resolution video playback, such as longer battery runtimes when playing UHD content.

Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen CPU Benchmark

Intel Core i5-7200U 7th Gen Benchmark

The Intel Core i5-7200U has a base clock speed of 2.5 GHz and TurboBoost up to 3.1 GHz. For comparison, the older i5-6200U runs at 2.3 and 2.8 GHz in base and turbo modes, respectively. That’s the main difference between them and it’s visible in the benchmark chart. The 2.4 GHz i3-7100U lacks TurboBoost, which is the main reason why it lags behind the i5 in the benchmarks, as you can see in the User Benchmark test chart above. The i7-7500U with higher clock speeds of 2.7 – 3.5 GHz and 4MB cache size instead of 3MB on the i5 and i3 is indeed faster in benchmarks. However, it’s worth noting that most users probably won’t notice any difference between the mentioned CPUs in the real-world everyday computing.

2018 Update: The i5-7200U CPU is still an excellent processor in 2018, but the newer version – the 8th Gen i5-8250U, scores much better thanks to its quad-core design. But again, in usual everyday use the difference isn’t big.

i5-7200U Real World Use Review

Our real world-use video (below) can give you a glimpse of what everyday computing looks like on laptops with the Intel Core i5-7200U. For this review, we used a Lenovo IdeaPad 310 15.6″ laptop with the i5-7200U, integrated Intel HD 620 graphics, 8GB of main memory, a common mechanical 1TB 5,400 hard drive, Full HD display, and Windows 10 Home operating system. Please keep in mind that the i5-7200U combined with solid state drive storage instead of hard drive can provide much snappier Windows user experience. Also, other factors such as RAM and graphics specs and laptops’ cooling designs can influence performance of OS and common apps, too. But, not as much as storage device type.

 

The test confirmed our estimation that the i5-7200U really isn’t meaningfully faster than its i5-6200U precursor during normal computing activities. A very small performance gap might be visible in some harder tasks like transcoding in video production or applying image filters in professional photography editing. For these duties recommended are the quad-core Intel Core i7 CPUs, such as the popular i7-6700HQ. With the quad-core i7 chips these heavy tasks can be completed noticeably faster.

Back to the common scenarios like web browsing, online video streaming in Full HD resolution, work in Microsoft Office productivity suite. For these tasks, the Core i5-7200U is an unmistakable choice, as you can see in the video.

Intel highlights in the press materials hardware optimization of 4K Ultra HD video playback on the 7th Generation Intel Core processors. We have tested 4K YouTube videos in web browsers and local 4K files in some Windows programs. YouTube UHD videos in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers run amazingly smooth on the i5-7200U, with a CPU load of around only 2 percent. The same applies to Windows’ native Media Player program, which is able to play perfectly 25, 30 and 60 fps Ultra HD. We have, however, noticed a bit higher stress on the CPU when playing 25 fps and 30 fps files in Gom Player, with a ~20% CPU load but still completely smooth video. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to watch 60 fps 4K videos in Gom and any 4K video in the popular VLC Media Player, since playback was too choppy. We’ve tried to adjust some software settings to make the questionable videos run properly and tried different 4K video formats, but with no luck. That is very likely a software issue, since WMP was able to handle 60 fps 4K on the same hardware easily.

As for gaming, it generally requires a good dedicated video card and a quad-core Intel i7 CPU to run easily. Since the tested laptop only has the basic Intel HD 620 graphics which is integrated in the dual-core i5 CPU, gaming potential is limited. But, many of today’s most popular games like League of Legends, Minecraft, or Counter Strike will run very decently on the i5 & HD 620. You can read more about gaming on the Intel HD 620 in this review or take a look at the video playlist below.

 

Note: The benchmark scores of the listed processors are averages measured across various devices with these processors. The scores and real-world performance of the Intel Core i5-7200U and compared CPUs may vary depending on the notebooks' other components, settings, cooling, and other factors. However, the benchmark results are good indicators of the processors' performance.

Specifications of the Intel Core i5-7200U

Here are the most important specs of the Intel Core i5-7200U:

Processor Name

Intel Core i5-7200U

CPU Family

7th Generation Intel Core "Kaby Lake"

Number of Cores

Dual-core / 2 computing threads per core

CPU Clock Speed

2.5-3.1GHz

Cache Size

3MB

Memory Support

DDR3 (1866 MHz max. speed)
DDR4 (2133 MHz max. speed)

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD 620

Power Consumption

15W

Production Technology

14-nanometer

Typical Use

Mainstream laptops & 2-in-1 PCs

Notable Technologies

Intel HyperThreading (enables two computing threads per physical processor core)
Intel QuickSync Video (speeds up conversion of video files)
Intel TurboBoost (dynamically boosts performance of cores, depending on power and thermal headroom)
VT-d virtualization
VT-x virtualization

User Benchmark Average CPU Score

49.7

Published on February 1, 2017

User Reviews and Q&A on the Intel Core i5-7200U

Below you can read and submit user reviews, questions, and answers about the processor. Thank you for your contribution.

Current rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  1. 5 out of 5

    Sivakumar

    Intel core i5 7200U full details and specification of aquainted!..

    • Yoshikage Kira

      My name is Yoshikage Kira. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning.

      I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.

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      Two years have passed. Are you married?

  2. Sivakumar

    These is a laptop with monitor type?

  3. OSCAR

    MI SONO COMPRATO UN SEMI ASSEMBLATO ASROCK BEEBOX S i5 7200U INTEGRANDO POI 16 GB RAM DDR4 CORSAIR E SSD SAMSUNG NVME DA 256GB. IL MIO PROBLEMA è QUESTO : VENTOLA SEMPRE ACCESA ANCHE CON ZERO PROGRAMMI IN ESECUZIONE ED AVVIANDO UN QUALSIASI BROSWER LA VENTOLA ACCELLERA DI PIù, HO AGGIORNATO TUTTI I DRIVER TRAMITE SITO UFFICIALE DENTRO AL BOX è TUTTO PULITO SENZA POLVERE SENZA PERO’ A RISOLVERE PROBLEMA DELLA VENTOLA RUMORSA E QUASI SEMPRE ACCESA ANCHE DA PC APPENA ACCESO PER CUI ANCORA FREDDO. PREMETTO CHE HO IL BEEBOX S DA QUASI 2 ANNI IL PROBLEMA ESISTE DA 6 MESI. CHIEDO INFO SU COME RISOLVERE PROBLEMA, SALUTI 02/01/2019

  4. 5 out of 5

    karthikeyan r

    can i depend on i5 7200u, ssd, 8gb ram, 2gb mx130 configured laptop for normal video editing(not 4k type) once or twice in a week?

    • Danijel Z

      I used Movie Maker and Resolve software for Full HD video editing on an i5-7200U and its integrated graphics till 2018. It worked well, although with newer quad-core i5-8250U video exporting in my test was noticeably faster. I compared them using Movie Maker with export of a 1.5 minute video. The result is 42 secs vs 55 in favor of the i5-8250U. https://laptoping.com/cpus/product/intel-core-i5-8250u/
      The i5-8300H is even faster than that, but overall you can use the i5-7200U for FHD videos without a problem. And the MX130 will also help if your software supports graphics acceleration.

  5. Jeff

    How can I reset my hp

    • Danijel Z

      In Windows Search box (lower-left corner of the screen) type “reset”. A “Reset this PC” item will show up. Click on it and then click “Get started” button. Select “Remove everything” or “Keep my files” option there, depending on your choice.

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  7. Liam Creed

    My question is how good is this CPU at gaming because my old laptop(i3) sucked. Can you rate from 1-5.
    Thank you for your time and reply.

    • Danijel Z

      Hi, can you tell what specific i3 CPU model you had? Like 4th Gen i3-4030U, 5th Gen i3-5010U or such. Also, are you interested in performance of integrated graphics of these processors or CPU combined with a dedicated video card. If you ask about performance of integrated graphics, then I can say that upgrading from 4th Gen i3 or older to the i5-7200U will bring noticeable improvement. If its 5th Gen or newer, the difference won’t be remarkable. But still, even the i5-7200U with its Intel HD 620 graphics is just a basic gaming solution (if it’s not combined with a dedicated video card). If you include dedicated video cards in rating, the i5-7200U with HD 620 is somewhere near 1.5 out of 5 in my free estimation. However, even with that you can play many popular games as described in this review: http://laptoping.com/gpus/product/intel-hd-620-review-graphics-of-7th-gen-core-u-series-kaby-lake-cpus/

    • angarag saikia

      i have intel i5 7400u, and i can say with a dedicated graphics card it can run most of the modern games. for eg one of the games i tested is crysis 3, it is not a new game but its one of the best graphics games, you can run t approx 30 fps in high in 1080 p and more than 40 fps in very high 720 p. but only with integrated graphics you cannot run heavy games smoothly. my specs are-
      intel i5 7400u processor
      8gb ddr4 ram
      2gb gddr5 gt 940mx
      and itb hard drive..

    • Akram

      Can’t run VMware. Stupid

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