Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Core i5-3317U

Core i3-6006U vs Core i5-3317U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3317U beats the Core i3-6006U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-6006U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6006U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3317U. A Core i3-6006U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3317U CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.