Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-2760QM vs Core i5-6500TE specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2760QM performs better than the Core i5-6500TE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500TE in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2760QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2760QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-2760QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-2760QM thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.