Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-6600U

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-6600U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600 is faster than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-6600U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6600U 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.