Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i5-7200U

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i5-7200U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6440HQ performs better than the Core i5-7200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6440HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-7200U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6440HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7200U. Also, the Core i5-6440HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7200U outputs less heat than Core i5-6440HQ 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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.