Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Core i5-6400 vs Core 7 150U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6400 performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-6400 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6400. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.