Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Core i5-6400T vs Core i5-5300U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the Core i5-5300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6400T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-5300U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-5300U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Core i5-5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-5300U outputs less heat than Core i5-6400T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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