Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-3720QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3720QM beats the Core i5-6600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3720QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3720QM outputs less heat than Core i5-6600 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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.