Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Core i5-6400T vs Core i7-4600M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600M beats the Core i5-6400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6400T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4600M. Indeed, the Core i5-6400T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4600M. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4600M CPU because of its slightly 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.