Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i7-6600U

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core i7-6600U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7300HQ 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-7300HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6600U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-7300HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6600U outputs less heat than Core i5-7300HQ 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 i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.