Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i5-8250U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6440HQ is faster than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8250U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6440HQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-6440HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8250U 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.