Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i5-4200H

Core i5-6300U vs Core i5-4200H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4200H beats the Core i5-6300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300U. Also, the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4200H 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. Indeed, the Core i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.