Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i7-6700T

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-6700T

Price

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$ 189.95

$ 10.04 slightly less expensive

$ 199.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

2714 points

82% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

4539 points

75% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

2180 points

86% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

2087 points

85% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points

56.88 points

71% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points

3628 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points

1154 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

3579 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

1206 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

2.8 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

3.6 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

814th of 1,092

586th of 1,092

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs Core i7-6700T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700T is faster than the Core i5-6400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6700T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Core i7-6700T 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.

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