Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-4850HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6600K beats the Core i7-4850HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4850HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4850HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4850HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6600K 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 i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.