Intel Core i5-6600T vs Intel Core i5-8400

Core i5-6600T vs Core i5-8400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8400 beats the Core i5-6600T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-6600T has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600T. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600T. Also, the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.