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

Core i5-11400T vs Core i7-6700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i5-11400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-11400T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400T. Also, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700 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, the Core i5-11400T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700. The Core i5-11400T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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