Intel Core i5-6600T vs Intel Core i7-10610U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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
2331 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points
3909 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points
1880 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points
1798 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
43.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

710th of 1,089
652nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i7

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
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-6600T vs Core i7-10610U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10610U 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10610U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10610U. Despite this, the Core i7-10610U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10610U outputs less heat than Core i5-6600T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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