Intel Core i5-11400T vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3254 points
35% slightly better overall score
2407 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4938 points
26% slightly better gaming score
3907 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2740 points
40% slightly better multitasking score
1957 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2640 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
1876 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

105.96 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
60.12 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5472 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3996 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1568 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1230 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
2.7 GHz
107% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

504th of 1,089
643rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11400T vs Core i7-6820HK specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11400T is faster than the Core i7-6820HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HK 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 i7-6820HK has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6820HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400T. Despite this, the Core i5-11400T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6820HK CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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