Intel Core i7-3635QM vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-3635QM vs Core i5-6500TE benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6500TE is faster than the Core i7-3635QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3635QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-3635QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-3635QM thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.