I think it's only because they reached higher overclock values with it. Basically it's a same chip, but i7's have hyperthreading enabled (which doesn't help in games) and beats i5 in most other tests.
I never gave a damn 'bout the meter man, 'til I was the man who had to read the meters, man
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