Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-6700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400 beats the Core i7-6700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11400 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700HQ. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-11400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.