Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-3940XM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3940XM performs better than the Core i5-6600. Despite this, the Core i5-6600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3940XM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3940XM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-3940XM outputs less heat than Core i5-6600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-6600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-6600.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.