Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core i7-5600U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6300HQ beats the Core i7-5600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5600U. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-5600U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-5600U outputs less heat than Core i5-6300HQ 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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.