Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i5-4300M

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core i5-4300M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6300HQ performs better than the Core i5-4300M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4300M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4300M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4300M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Core i5-4300M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4300M outputs less heat than Core i5-6300HQ thanks to a slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.