Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i3-4370

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points
6% slightly better overall score
1591 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points
2% slightly better gaming score
3153 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
1182 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
1135 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points
112% significantly higher Blender score
21.44 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1825 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
832 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2388 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points
1205 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
54% significantly lower TDP
54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089
789th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-6500T vs Core i3-4370 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500T beats the Core i3-4370 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4370 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6500T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4370 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4370 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4370 CPU because of its 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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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