Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Core i5-6300U vs Core i7 Q 740 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7 Q 740 beats the Core i5-6300U in overall performance. 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 Q 740 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6300U. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 740 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 Q 740.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.