Intel Core i7-4900MQ vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-4900MQ vs Core i5-6500TE comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4900MQ performs better than the Core i5-6500TE. 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 i7-4900MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-4900MQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i7-4900MQ also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4900MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.