Intel Core i3-7350K vs Intel Core i5-6300HQ

Core i3-7350K vs Core i5-6300HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6300HQ performs better than the Core i3-7350K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7350K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-7350K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7350K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. The Core i5-6300HQ outputs less heat than Core i3-7350K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-7350K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.