Intel Core i5-6600T vs Intel Core i5-10300H

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2037 points

3019 points

48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points

4851 points

26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points

2479 points

60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points

2378 points

60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

63.60 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3085 points

4001 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points

1338 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3083 points

4049 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1165 points

1380 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.5 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

710th of 1,089

537th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600T vs Core i5-10300H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10300H is faster than the Core i5-6600T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-10300H has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10300H. Despite this, the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10300H CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.