Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i5-6300U vs Core i7-2670QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2670QM performs better than the Core i5-6300U. Despite this, the Core i5-6300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6300U. Indeed, the Core i7-2670QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-6300U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6300U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2670QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2670QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2670QM 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.