Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-4710HQ vs Core i5-6500TE comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4710HQ beats the Core i5-6500TE in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4710HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-4710HQ 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 i7-4710HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.