Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i7-930

Core i5-6500T vs Core i7-930 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-930 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-930 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 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.