Intel Core i7-3610QM vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-3610QM vs Core i5-6500TE comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3610QM performs better than the Core i5-6500TE. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6500TE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-3610QM thanks to a slightly 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 i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.