Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-4710MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6600 performs better than the Core i7-4710MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4710MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ 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 data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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.