Intel Core i3-8130U vs Intel Core i5-6400T

Core i3-8130U vs Core i5-6400T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8130U performs better than the Core i5-6400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6400T has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8130U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-8130U and Core i5-6400T have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i3-8130U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8130U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6400T 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 i3-8130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.