Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Core i5-6400 vs Core i7-4810MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6400 performs better than the Core i7-4810MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6400 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-4810MQ. Indeed, the Core i5-6400 has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Core i7-4810MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has more threads than the Core i5-6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. Also, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4810MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6400 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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