Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Core i7-10510U vs Core i7-6820HK specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HK beats the Core i7-10510U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10510U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6820HK 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.