Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Core i5-10210U vs Core i5-6440HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10210U beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6440HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 i5-6440HQ 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 i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.