Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Core i5-8500

Core i3-6006U vs Core i5-8500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500 beats the Core i3-6006U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6006U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6006U. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6006U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6006U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6006U. A Core i3-6006U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly 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.