Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Core i5-11600K vs Core i7-6820HK benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600K 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 i5-11600K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HK outputs less heat than Core i5-11600K 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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.