Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Core i5-6400T vs Core i7-3540M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6400T is faster than the Core i7-3540M. Despite this, the Core i7-3540M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-3540M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.