Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i5-7400

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-7400

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 59.00

$ 1859.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

2237 points

55% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

4164 points

56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1701 points

55% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1632 points

54% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

43.28 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

3137 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

1144 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

3282 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

1193 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

675th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core i5-7400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7400 beats the Core i5-6300HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7400 CPU because of its 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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.