Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Core i7-8700

Core i3-6006U vs Core i7-8700 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700 performs better than the Core i3-6006U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6006U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-6006U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6006U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6006U. A Core i3-6006U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.