Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-6400

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1639.00
$ 99.99
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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2205 points
3% slightly better overall score
2127 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3819 points
3959 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
1617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1666 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
1551 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

36.33 points
39.92 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2911 points
2948 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

948 points
1079 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3069 points
0.76% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3046 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1196 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1116 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

684th of 1,089
699th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10210U vs Core i5-6400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10210U is faster than the Core i5-6400. Despite this, the Core i5-6400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-10210U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6400 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10210U. Despite this, the Core i5-10210U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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