Intel Core i7-4910MQ vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Core i7-4910MQ vs Core i5-6500TE benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6500TE performs better than the Core i7-4910MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4910MQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4910MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i7-4910MQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-6500TE has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4910MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4910MQ has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-6500TE.

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 i7-4910MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.