Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core i3-6006U vs Core i7 Q 720 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 Q 720 is faster than the Core i3-6006U. Despite this, the Core i3-6006U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6006U. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 720 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6006U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6006U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6006U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720.

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.