Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Core i5-8500T vs Core i7-6700K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core i5-8500T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-8500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Core i5-8500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.