Intel Core i5-9500T vs Intel Core i7-6700

Core i5-9500T vs Core i7-6700 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700 beats the Core i5-9500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9500T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700. Indeed, the Core i5-9500T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700 CPU because of its 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 i5-9500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.