Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-6820HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400 performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-11400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6820HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ 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.

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 i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.